September 30, 2024 06:22 GMT
EGBS: Bunds Within Friday’s Range, OATs Remain Attuned To Fiscal Risks
EGBS
Bund futures ignore the latest round of Chinese property stimulus and subsequent rally in Chinese equities, sticking to a narrow 20-tick range.
- Contract last +9 at 134.90. Resistance at the Sep 27 high (135.19), support at the Sep 27 low (134.31).
- France is reportedly considering a temporary tax on companies generating over EUR1bn in revenue and a tax on stock buybacks as it looks to address its well-documented fiscal issues. PM Barnier will speak tomorrow.
- J.P.Morgan have recommend a “5s/10s France steepener vs. Germany as an attractive low-beta hedge against disruptive French budget tail risk scenarios and risks of potential rating downgrades.”
- German state and national CPI is due today,
- Italian, Portuguese & Irish CPI data is also scheduled.
- Eurozone-wide HICP data is due tomorrow.
- Multiple sell-side names now call for an October ECB cut following last week’s soft French & Spanish inflation readings.
- ~20bp of easing is priced in for the October meeting.
- Elsewhere, ECB President Lagarde will speak in the EU parliament.
- Fed Chair Powell will speak late in the day (18:55 London). This week’s major U.S. data release comes in the form of Friday’s NFP release.
- No EUR sovereign issuance of note scheduled for today.
- Also watch the situation in the Middle East after an Israeli strike late Friday killed the leader of Hezbollah.
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