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NZ Is Now A Dovish Outlier In The $-Bloc

STIR

A week is a long time in terms of $-Bloc STIR pricing these days. Currently, NZ stands as the exception in terms of futures pricing, but interestingly, it has taken a dovish turn following the surprising decision by the RBNZ to signal a likely peak in its OCR at its most recent MPS.

  • On the other hand, the market has almost fully priced in another 25bp hike in the US ahead of the FOMC meeting scheduled for June 13-14.
  • Expectations in Australia and Canada go even further, as more than a full 25bp rate hike is priced in ahead of this week's policy decision meetings by the RBA (tomorrow) and the BoC (Wednesday).


Figure 1: $-Bloc STIR



Source: MNI – Market News / Bloomberg

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