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Nearer-Term Inflation Breakeven Tumbles But 5Y5Y Stable

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  • Nearer-term market inflation expectations have seen wide ranges today, with the 2Y breakeven 2.54-2.81% but holding 2.66% over the past hour for -17bps on the day. It continues a slide lower from a high of 3.41% the day before Powell opened the door to a 50bp hike at next week’s FOMC.
  • The 5Y breakeven is also down 10bps on the day at 2.34% vs a pre-Powell high of 2.8%.
  • However, looking much further out, the 5Y5Y has actually pushed higher on the day and in trend terms keeps to the circa 2.20% it has held since early 2021 aside from flaring higher to 2.5-2.6% in the first few months of the Ukraine war. In doing so it shows little sign of the decline seen in prior slowdowns after lows of 1.5% in 2016 and sustained lows early in the pandemic era of 1.5% (the latter quite volatile).


2Y (white), 5Y (yellow) and 5Y5Y forward (green)Source: Bloomberg

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