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Tick Lower Through Monday's Session

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NZGBs have ticked lower through Monday's session however ranges remained narrow in the space, and sit 1-3 bps cheaper across the major benchmarks. Light bear steepening has been observed.

  • Pressure was seen on the space as regional equities ticked lower alongside US equity futures and the USD firmed as the PBoC vowed to boost bond issuance by private firms, and also support M&A's, IPOs of private sector firms.
  • 10 Year NZ US swaps spreads remain stable and sit at +52bps.
  • With Wednesday's RBNZ meeting in view OIS price no change in the OCR with ~40bps of cuts by October 2024.
  • PM Luxon noted that he is concerned at the risk of recent fiscal deterioration.
  • Looking ahead, the data docket is empty tomorrow. The aforementioned RBNZ meeting is the next event of note in NZ.

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