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Modest Uptick In ECB Terminal Pricing, Markets Favour No More Hikes Before Cuts In '24

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Little in the way of net movement in ECB-dated OIS through President Lagarde’s press conference, with the combination of the recent run of economic data, statement rhetoric, Lagarde’s post-decision musings and the Bank’s apparent continued data-dependent approach leaving a little under ~5bp of further tightening (~20% odds of a 25bp hike) priced into the strip.

  • Terminal policy rate pricing lines up with the Bank’s December meeting, a little above the 4.00% seen pre-meeting, with markets heavily leaning into the idea of no further hikes.
  • ~37.5bp of cuts are then showing through July ’24 vs. current terminal pricing levels vs. ~32bp pre-decision, essentially accounting for the uptick in terminal rate pricing over the decision and post-meeting press conference.
ECB Meeting€STR ECB-Dated OIS (%)€STR ECB-Dated OIS Pre-Press Conference (%)€STR ECB-Dated OIS Pre-ECB Decision (%)
Sep-233.9053.9063.823
Oct-233.9223.9283.877
Dec-233.9493.9493.909
Jan-243.9343.9333.897
Mar-243.8793.8783.856
Apr-243.7973.8033.788
Jun-243.6863.6973.689
Jul-243.5743.5873.588

Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg

MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com

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