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Periphery Spreads Fall, EUR Higher On Reuters Report On PEPP Reinvestment

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BTP spreads fell (10Y -4bp) and the Euro ticked higher vs the dollar just before 1330BST on a Reuters sources report saying the ECB will buy periphery EGB bonds (from Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece) with proceeds from maturing German, French and Dutch debt that was purchased under PEPP.

  • This "rebalancing...to prevent financial fragmentation among euro zone countries" will get underway Friday, per the report, "with an additional scheme due to be unveiled next month".
  • Intraday dollar/euro and BTP / Bund 10Y spread chart below:


Source: BBG, MNI

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