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Futures At Session Cheaps At Lunch, Pressured By No Change in China’s 5Y LPR

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At the Tokyo lunch break, JGB futures have extended overnight weakness seen ahead of the weekend, -15 compared to settlement levels.

  • A thin local docket on Monday leaves participants on headlines and US tsys watch.
  • US tsys have been pressured after China held the 5-Year LPR steady at 4.20%, a cut of 15bps had been expected. The 1-Year LPR was cut 10 bps when a cut of 15bps was expected. Regional equities are lower, and the USD is marginally firmer. Cash tsys sit 1-3bps cheaper across the major benchmarks, with the curve bear steepening. TYU3 deals at 109-15, -0-065 a touch off the base of the 0-08+ range.
  • Cash JGBs are cheaper, with yields are 0.1-1.1bp higher. The benchmark 10-year yield is 0.8bp higher at 0.643%, above BoJ's YCC old limit of 0.50% but below its new hard limit of 1.0%.
  • The swaps curve has bear steepened, with rates 0.2-2.0bp higher. Swap spreads are wider.

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