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STIR: Flash PMIs Unlikely To Meaningfully Shift October Cut Probability

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Today’s regional calendar is headlined by the September flash PMIs. Consensus forecasts the French services reading to fall back to 53.1 after an Olympic-induced bounce to 55.0 in August. This is expected to pull down the Eurozone-wide services print to 52.3 (vs 52.9 prior).

  • The PMIs are one of the few pieces of Eurozone activity data that we will receive before the ECB’s October decision, but a weak set of readings are unlikely to tempt most policymakers into considering a cut at that gathering.
  • ECB-dated OIS price 5bps of easing through the October meeting (i.e. a 20% implied probability of a 25bp cut).
  • OIS continue to price a more aggressive pace of easing than that implied by quarterly cuts, with a cumulative 38bps priced through December, 91bps through March and 132bps through June.
  • The ECB’s Kazaks has re-iterated previous comments that Eurozone rates are on a downward trajectory.
  • Euribor futures are +2.0 to +5.0 ticks through the blues.

 

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Today’s regional calendar is headlined by the September flash PMIs. Consensus forecasts the French services reading to fall back to 53.1 after an Olympic-induced bounce to 55.0 in August. This is expected to pull down the Eurozone-wide services print to 52.3 (vs 52.9 prior).

  • The PMIs are one of the few pieces of Eurozone activity data that we will receive before the ECB’s October decision, but a weak set of readings are unlikely to tempt most policymakers into considering a cut at that gathering.
  • ECB-dated OIS price 5bps of easing through the October meeting (i.e. a 20% implied probability of a 25bp cut).
  • OIS continue to price a more aggressive pace of easing than that implied by quarterly cuts, with a cumulative 38bps priced through December, 91bps through March and 132bps through June.
  • The ECB’s Kazaks has re-iterated previous comments that Eurozone rates are on a downward trajectory.
  • Euribor futures are +2.0 to +5.0 ticks through the blues.

 

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