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AU & US STIR Firmer On Strong Data

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RBA-dated OIS is pricing a 50% chance of a 25bp hike at Tuesday’s policy meeting after retail sales for May yesterday printed significantly stronger than expected at +0.7% m/m versus expectations of +0.1%. The ABS noted that the solid rise was driven by higher food and restaurant spending as well as “a boost in spending on discretionary goods”, which is in contrast to consumer surveys.

  • AU STIR currently has two 25bp rate hikes priced by Dec’23.
  • US STIR was also pressured firmer yesterday following an upward revision to Q1 US GDP on the third reading and softer than forecast Initial Jobless Claims.
  • July 26 FOMC has a 78% chance of a 25bp hike priced. September has more than fully priced a hike with a cumulative of +32bp of tightening. November’s cumulative climbed to 35bp at 5.425%.

Figure 1: AU & US STIR



Source: MNI – Market News / Bloomberg

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