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Off Initial Highs, Futures Little Changed

GILTS

Gilt futures track swings in wider core global FI markets, initially showing through yesterday’s high before fading.

  • The contract last prints +2 at 98.60, sticking to a narrow 15-tick range thus far.
  • Fresh moves higher would target the April 10 high (99.10).
  • Cash gilt yields are 0.5-1.0bp lower.
  • SONIA futures edge off highs to last print flat to +1.5.
  • BoE-dated OIS shows ~60bp of ’24 cuts.
  • BoE MPC member Greene will speak today (12:00 London, with a slideshow released at that time).
  • We view this as the most significant BoE address of the week. The speech is entitled “The current state of Britain’s labour market.”
  • We think that Greene and Haskel remain the two most hawkish members of the MPC (we suspect Mann is slightly less hawkish based on her most recent comments).
  • Any signal that Greene sees less risk of inflation persistence would likely be deemed significant.
  • Her vote is unlikely to be needed to reach quorum to cut rates but if she did indicate that she was leaning in a more dovish direction, this would likely see the market increase the probability of near-term cuts.
  • A continuation of her hawkish stance would probably see less of a market reaction, although the recent dovish repricing gives a little more room for such an adjustment.
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Gilt futures track swings in wider core global FI markets, initially showing through yesterday’s high before fading.

  • The contract last prints +2 at 98.60, sticking to a narrow 15-tick range thus far.
  • Fresh moves higher would target the April 10 high (99.10).
  • Cash gilt yields are 0.5-1.0bp lower.
  • SONIA futures edge off highs to last print flat to +1.5.
  • BoE-dated OIS shows ~60bp of ’24 cuts.
  • BoE MPC member Greene will speak today (12:00 London, with a slideshow released at that time).
  • We view this as the most significant BoE address of the week. The speech is entitled “The current state of Britain’s labour market.”
  • We think that Greene and Haskel remain the two most hawkish members of the MPC (we suspect Mann is slightly less hawkish based on her most recent comments).
  • Any signal that Greene sees less risk of inflation persistence would likely be deemed significant.
  • Her vote is unlikely to be needed to reach quorum to cut rates but if she did indicate that she was leaning in a more dovish direction, this would likely see the market increase the probability of near-term cuts.
  • A continuation of her hawkish stance would probably see less of a market reaction, although the recent dovish repricing gives a little more room for such an adjustment.