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ECB Rate Cut Expectations Jump Yet Again, BoE Too In Sympathy

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ECB rate cut expectations for 2024 picked up to a fresh high Tuesday, increasing 10bp on the day to 140bp as ECB's Schnabel called further hikes "rather unlikely" and implicitly did not rule out cuts by mid-2024.

  • In line with those comments, a March 2024 25bp cut was briefly almost entirely priced in (96% implied in early trade), before April resumed its position as the most likely date (42bp of cuts implied by then - though March remains around 88% priced). The rate strip now prices 4 cuts by September and 5 by October.

BoE rate cut expectations for the year post-peak (between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025) continue to trundle around the 90-100bp area, rising by 9bp today in sympathy with the move in ECB cut pricing rather than any UK-specific factor.

  • June 2024 sees the first fully priced rate cut, with a second by September and a high chance of a third by December.

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