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RBA Dated OIS Rethinks Halt To Tightening Ahead of Employment Data

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In a noteworthy development yesterday, RBA dated OIS signalled a halt to the tightening cycle and, at one stage, had priced a 25bp easing by the RBA by year-end. By the close, easing expectations had been scaled back to 10bp.

  • Today’s early price action however suggests a rethink of sorts with pricing across meetings 6-14bp firmer with June leading.
  • Significantly, April meeting pricing has moved to around a 20% chance of a 25bp hike.
  • Nonetheless, with the terminal rate (5.66%) priced for May/June today’s price action should be seen as only a tentative step towards reinstating the tightening cycle ahead of the all-important Employment Report for February tomorrow.
  • Easing expectations by end-23 are slightly lower at 9bp.
Figure 1: RBA Dated OIS: Today Vs. Yesterday

Source: MNI – Market News / Bloomberg

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