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Gilt and UK Rate futures plummet

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  • Massive moves in UK Govies and Rate markets, with futures plummeting, after the Chancellor delivered his mini budget.
  • Income tax for earnings is cut for over GBP150k from 45% to 40%, and the income tax cut for basic rate (roughly GBP12.5k-50k) by 1ppt from 20% to 19% a year early from April 2023.
  • UK remit Gilt sale rise to £193.9bn vs 192bn estimated.
  • The bigger fiscal package and Gilt remit triggered free falls in Rate and Govie futures.
  • Gilt fell from 102.31, all the way down to print a 99.99 low, now at 100.43 at the time of typing.
  • Gilt/Bund spread broke the 2015 high and trades at its widest level since 1997.
  • Europe is fairing better, with all the action in the UK, and Bund trades within ranges, close to flat at the time of typing.
  • US Treasuries are also trading inline with Europe, translating in a close to flat spread between Tnote and Bund (1bp tighter).
  • Looking ahead, US PMIs will be the notable data.
  • ECB Nagel, SNB Jordan, and Fed Powell are the scheduled speakers.

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