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$-Bloc Scales Back Easing Expectations Further

STIR

U.S. STIR firmed 8-10bp for meetings beyond July following calmer market conditions in NY trade.

  • At the close, U.S. STIR had reduced expected year-end easing to 65bp versus 95bp at Friday’s close. The market has priced a 44% chance of a 25bp hike at the May FOMC meeting.
  • In line with U.S. developments, CA STIR saw year-end easing expectations scaled back 8bp to 61bp.
  • RBA dated OIS pricing is 1-6bp firmer across meetings with year-end easing expectations reduced to 20bp from 25bp yesterday.
  • RBNZ dated OIS pricing is 2-9bp firmer across meetings beyond April with Feb-24 leading. After reaching an expected terminal rate of 5.23% in July, the market has 28bp of easing priced by year-end.

Figure 1: $-Bloc STIR



Source: MNI – Market News / Bloomberg

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