December 20, 2024 07:50 GMT
STIR: Just Under 65bp Of BoE Cuts Priced Through '25
STIR
Modest dovish moves in GBP STIRs this morning, with core global bond markets a little firmer than they were at yesterday’s SONIA close.
- BoE-dated OIS shows 20.5bp of cuts for February, 32.5bp of easing through March and 64.5bp through year-end. Contracts flat to 2bp more dovish vs. yesterday’s close.
- SONIA futures also flat to +2.0.
- Yesterday’s BoE vote split countered the recent run of hawkish repricing. We had previously suggested that the market-implied path of rate cuts looked a little shallow (when ~50bp of cuts were priced through year-end).
- Most still think that the Bank holds a preference for quarterly rate cuts.
- We looks for cuts in February and May, with the evolution of data over the next 6 months set to shape policy beyond that juncture.
- Softer-than-expected UK retail sales data probably having a marginal dovish impact here, but the reading shouldn’t be a gamechanger for BoE policy, at least in isolation (See earlier bullets for great details).
- Major macro focus on U.S. PCE data today.
BoE Meeting |
SONIA BoE-Dated OIS (%)
Difference vs. Current Effective SONIA Rate (bp)
Feb-25
4.496
-20.4
Mar-25
4.374
-32.6
May-25
4.334
-36.6
Jun-25
4.243
-45.8
Aug-25
4.207
-49.3
Sep-25
4.143
-55.7
Nov-25
4.109
-59.1
Dec-25
4.057
-64.3
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