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Bond Market Prepares For Rate Hikes As Inflation Risks Rise

EMERGING MARKETS
  • As inflation pressures continue to intensify in the EM market (Citi EM inflation surprise index sitting at its highest level since Sep 2008), rates markets have been pricing in a tightening cycle in 7 EM economies within the next 12 months (including Brazil and Russia that have already start hiking in 2021).
  • Market average of 75bps of rate hikes priced in in Mexico, South Africa, Colombia, Czech Republic and Indonesia.
  • According to GS analysts, EM assets tend to underperform when central banks 'over deliver'(50bps or more than is priced in by markets); Mexico, South Africa and Russia expected to be resilient to rate hikes.
  • We previously saw that the rise in inflationary pressures combined with the currency weakness have already pushed three central banks to raise rates this year, Russia by 75bps, Brazil by 150bps and Turkey by 200bps (chart below).

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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