Chinese LPRs Fix Unchanged After Last Week’s Limited PBoC Easing

Below gives key levels of markets in the second half of the Asia-Pac session:

• Nikkei 225 up 249.57 points at 27235.36
• ASX 200 up 20.894 points at 7586.1
• Shanghai Comp. down 6.795 points at 3187.234
• JGB 10-Yr future down 17 ticks at 149.13, yield up 0.2bp at 0.250%
• Aussie 10-Yr future down 4.5 ticks at 96.840, yield up 4.6bp at 3.111%
• U.S. 10-Yr future -0-06 at 118-29+, yield up 0.39bp at 2.940%
• WTI crude up $0.95 at $103.51, Gold down $6.50 at $1943.58
• USD/JPY down 34 pips at Y128.57
• FED'S EVANS SEES YEAR-END RATES AT 2.25%-2.5%, AND THEN LIKELY HIGHER (RTRS)
• CHINA'S LOCKDOWNS COULD DRIVE MORE U.S. POLICY ACTION, SAYS FED'S KASHKARI (RTRS)
• FED’S BOSTIC WARY OF HIKING RATES TOO HIGH TO COOL INFLATION (BBG)
• LATEST PBOC LPR FIXINGS UNCHANGED IN WAKE OF LAST WEEK’S RESTRAINED EASING
• SHANGHAI OFFICIAL SAYS CITY HAS ACHIEVED ZERO COVID CASES AT COMMUNITY LEVEL IN TWO DISTRICTS (RTRS)
• CHINA’S HARBIN HALTS SUBWAY, LIMITS ROAD TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN (BBG)