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BAX Curve Consolidating Recent Pullback

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  • The BAX implied rate path is led 4bps higher by late 2023/early 2024 contracts today but broadly speaking sits little changed following late last week’s unwinding of stretched hike expectations.
  • Implied yields are notably below pre-Canadian CPI levels despite its strength (Dec’22 almost 30bps lower) but a stretched starting point means that it’s still 3.80% with an extremely steep curve.
  • The terminal BAX yield is seen at a similar level in Mar’23 and with only limited inversion thereafter (~10bps for Dec’22-Dec’23), going against some analyst calls for larger cuts (e.g. UBS looking for 3x25bp cuts from Jul’23 to 2.25%.

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