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ECB / BoE Cut Pricing Extends

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ECB and BoE cut pricing extended slightly Tuesday amid a wider fixed income rally, helped in part by a less hawkish BoJ meeting than had been expected overnight.

  • There are 155bp of ECB rate cuts priced for 2024, around 4bp more than had been seen Monday - with the first cut firmly priced by April (32bp) and a decent chance implied of March (~40%).
  • Two hikes are fully priced by June, a third (and nearly a fourth) by July, and a fourth/fifth by September and October respectively.
  • Rates markets largely shrugged off ECB commentary included an arguably less dovish Villeroy (noting a "plateau" of rates ahead before a 2024 cut). ECB's Lane speaks Wednesday.
  • BoE cut pricing currently shows 121bp of 2024 cuts priced, up 5bp on the day - with the first reduction by June, and two cuts by August / three by September, and four by November (the December pricing doesn't quite imply a 5th full cut).
  • Comments by BoE's Breeden today didn't really move the needle. UK CPI is eyed as the next key catalyst Wednesday.

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