September 17, 2024 04:50 GMT
AUSSIE BONDS: Treading Water Ahead Of US Retail Sales Later Today
AUSSIE BONDS
ACGBs (YM -2.2 & XM flat) are slightly weaker after a data-light session.
- Cash US tsys are flat to 1bp cheaper, with a slight steepening bias, in today’s Asia-Pac session after yesterday’s modest rally. Today's US calendar sees Retail Sales, Industrial Production and a 20y bond auction.
- Cash ACGBs are flat to 2bps cheaper, with the AU-US 10-year yield differential at +19bps.
- Swap rates are flat to 2bps higher, with the 3s10s curve flatter.
- The bill strip has bear-steepened, with pricing flat to -3 across contracts.
- RBA-dated OIS pricing is slightly mixed. A cumulative 20bps of easing is priced by year-end.
- Tomorrow's local calendar will see Westpac Leading Index and a speech from Brad Jones, RBA Assistant Governor (Financial System). The calendar’s highlight will be August’s Employment Report on Thursday.
- Tomorrow, the AOFM plans to auction A$1.0bn of the 3.75% 21 April 2037 bond, followed by a sale of A$500mn of the 3.25% 21 April 2029 bond on Friday.
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