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Free AccessCentral Bank Comms Help Boost Rate-Cut Bets Despite Questions On Disinflation Trajectory
Polish interest rates remain under pressure on the back of a combination of a dovish pivot in NBP rhetoric starting with Governor Adam Glapinski's most recent press conference (July 7) and the global market reaction to the recent batch of US macroeconomic data.
- Most NBP speakers echoed the gist of Governor Glapinski's messaging, with members of the dovish majority in the Monetary Policy Council reaffirming familiar conditions for cuts. Some added caveats, as Henryk Wnorowski noted that inflation that is "symbolically" below +10% Y/Y would not be a sufficient reason for a cut, while Cezary Kochalski said that "a certain kind of caution" is needed before lowering rates.
- However, Wnorowski flagged the potential for rate cuts by the year-end, while Kochalski and Iwona Duda said such discussions may be possible after the summer holidays. Gabriela Maslowska suggested that rates could be lowered in September/October. Separately, hawkish dissenters Joanna Tyrowicz and Ludwik Kotecki strongly hinted at a (in their view excessive) dovish bias of this MPC.
- Polish FRA curve has shifted notably lower over the past two weeks, with 6x9 contracts (last at 5.38%) refreshing cyclical lows today. The spread with the 3-Month WIBOR (6.81%) and the NBP's reference rate (6.75%) has been widening as participants added dovish NBP bets, even as local sell-side desks are warning that disinflation may slow towards the year-end and beyond.
- Citi Handlowy wrote that "the FRA curve currently assumes 125bp worth of rate cuts through the year-end." According to their estimates based on the NBP models, this would mean that inflation would be above +5% Y/Y in 4Q2024 and around +4% Y/Y in 4Q2025. The discontinuation of VAT exemption for food items would boost 2024 inflation by a further 1pp and these calculations do not account for a further 150bp worth of rate cuts priced for 2024. As a result, they believe that the scenario priced by the Polish FRA curve "looks ambitious."
- The market has been discounting the growing perception that the NBP operates with a dovish bias and intends to cut interest rates as soon as possible, even at the cost of delaying the return to the inflation target. Where the market positions itself with regards to the tension between the perceived policymaker's perspective and the predominant view on macroeconomic trends will be an important factor in NBP pricing in the coming months.
Fig. 1: PLN FRA 6x9 vs. 3-Month WIBOR vs. NBP Reference Rate
Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg
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