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The 10-year BTP yield is now north of 2% for...>

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BTPS: The 10-year BTP yield is now north of 2% for the first time since June
2019.
- Spreads over bunds continue to widen following the ECB presser last week. The
10-year BTP-Bund spread now trades at 259bp, up from a 2020 low of 129bp in
mid-February.
- At the ECB press conference Christine Lagarde argued that it is not the
central bank's job to close spreads, although she subsequently back pedalled in
a subsequent interview with the CNBC on the same day.
- Continued spread widening would undermine the monetary policy transmission
mechanism and in turn the ECB's price stability objective. As such, wider
spreads will ratchet up the probability of refreshing OMTs. 

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