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AUSSIE BONDS

ACGBs (YM -3.0 & XM -4.5) are sitting in the middle of the Sydney session range, paring some of the rally seen yesterday after the RBA left the cash rate unchanged at 4.10%. There have been no economic data releases today.

  • US tsys have ticked away from session highs in recent dealing and now sit in line with levels late in Tuesday's NY session. Perhaps the Fitch downgrade, which was based on governance and medium-term fiscal challenges but not new fiscal information, helped cap gains. This leaves US tsys flat to 2bps richer, with a light bull steepening.
  • Cash ACGBs are 2-5bp cheaper with the AU-US 10-year yield differential -3bp at flat.
  • Expectations of sustained strong pricing at today's auction of the May-34 bond proved accurate, as the weighted average yield printed 1.0bp through prevailing mids. However, the cover ratio moved lower to 2.9857x from 4.2714x at the June auction.
  • Swap rates are 1-4bp higher with the 3s10s curve steeper.
  • The bills strip is richer with pricing flat to +2.
  • RBA-dated OIS pricing is 1-3bp softer across meetings.

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