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GILT SUMMARY
GILT SUMMARY: - Gilts have sold off slightly since mid-morning.
- The benchmark 2-year gilt yield has edged up to 0.7258% from a morning low of
0.7141% while the 10-year is up to 1.2791% from 1.2660%.
- The curve is relatively flat on the day. The 2s10s spread trades at 54.8bps
and the 2s30s at 102.4bps.
- Market-based measures of inflation expectations are broadly unchanged with the
5- and 10-year inflation breakevens holding just about 3.0%.
- The only significant data point to be published today was the volume of loans
approved for house purchase, which came in at 39,584 and below the 40,650
consensus.
- The latest Brexit intervention comes from the World Trade Organisation
Director-General Roberto Azevedo  who has argued that it is "not realistic" that
the UK can begin trading under WTO rules the day after leaving the single
market.

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