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PMIs Don't Move ECB/BoE Hiking Needle

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Despite a modest spike following the well-above-consensus Composite PMIs for the Eurozone and UK, and another boost in the afternoon with a strong US PMI, BoE and UK rate expectations faded those moves and will close Friday relatively unchanged.

  • Still, BoE terminal implied rates are up 20bp on the week following strong wage / inflation data readings (which led several sell-side analysts to up their BoE expectations, see here).
  • ECB peak rate expectations rose by just 6bp this week, by comparison. Focus will be on prelim eurozone national CPIs for April out late next week.
  • May meeting hike prospects are still firmly for 25bp hikes, though in the ECB's case, there is still a fairly strong chance implied of a 50bp raise (around 30%).

Today's terminal pricing changes (both for September):

  • ECB terminal Depo rate pricing flat at 3.83%
  • BoE terminal Bank Rate pricing -1.8bp to 4.96%

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