October 16, 2024 07:18 GMT
GILTS: Bull Steepening On CPI
GILTS
Gilts rally on the back of the softer-than-expected CPI data detailed in earlier bullets.
- Futures as high as 97.75 before easing back to ~97.60.
- Yields 4-9bp higher, curve bull steepens on the dovish BoE repricing.
- 2s10s and 5s30s still shy of multi-week highs.
- BoE-dated OIS hold the bulk of the early dovish move, showing ~24.5bp of cuts for November, 41.5bp of cuts through December and 114bp of cuts through June.
- SONIA futures remain underpinned but trade off session highs, 1.5-12.5 firmer vs. settlement.
- Upside expressions favoured in SONIA options (detailed in a recent bullet).
- Digestion of the CPI data is set to dominate through the morning.
- We have already noted that we don't think this data opens up the prospect of a 50bp cut any time soon.
- We would only really view the data as a marginal downside surprise on an underlying basis and we think that markets will probably overreact in the short-term.
- Outside of the CPI data, various source reports have pointed to GBP40bln of tax hikes and spending cuts in this month’s Budget,
- Elsewhere, GBP3.5bln of 4.00% Oct-31 gilt supply is due this morning.
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