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Oil Slide Helps Inflation Breakevens Trend Lower

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  • The slide in oil with a helping hand from the Empire State miss has helped the 5Y inflation breakeven fall 5.5bps today, with surprisingly little impact from a weak NAHB survey later on despite the potentially softer house price implications as builders cut prices to increase sales or limit cancellations.
  • These inflation expectations have dominated the FI rally, with 5Y real yields creeping higher.
  • The 5Y breakeven falls to 2.65%, back at levels closer to the fallout from the US CPI miss before a recent rise, although they remain 15bps above early July lows.
  • The longer-term 5Y5Y breakeven unsurprisingly is less sensitive to latest moves but nevertheless drifts lower to 2.20% to circa 20bps above July lows as it remains more consistent with the 2% inflation target.

5Y breakeven (white), 5Y5Y breakeven (yellow) - showing mid and not ask prices - and WTI 1st (green)Source: Bloomberg

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