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Turning Lower On BBG Report Of ECB "Difficult" June PEPP Decision

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German futures have fallen sharply (~20 ticks) on a BBG sources piece reporting a "difficult" decision at the June meeting on whether to slow PEPP purchases. Jun futures (RX) last down 3 ticks on the session at 170.91.

  • Italian 10-Yr spreads move 1+bps wider (last 102.4bps); Jun TYs off 2+ ticks, Gilts off ~10 ticks.
  • The BBG piece echoes MNI's Sources piece out on Wednesday noting an upcoming "fierce battle over the future of extraordinary monetary stimulus, with eurosystem sources telling MNI of deep Governing Council differences over the strength of recovery as the eurozone contends with another Covid wave."

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