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U.S. Gyrations Bias ECB Pricing A Touch Firmer

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Fairly sticky ECB-dated OIS pricing was evident in the European morning, with meaningful catalysts lacking, leaving participants to brush over the virtually in line with flash final round of Eurozone inflation data for April and ECB’s de Cos sticking to the dovish side of the spectrum.

  • Since then, feedthrough from U.S. markets has seemingly allowed some light firming to creep into the contracts covering the Bank’s Sep ’23 to Feb ’24 gatherings. That leaves 17-18bp of cuts priced in between peak terminal rate pricing (seen at the September meeting) and February ’24.
  • TD’s ECB call change, which looks for a 4.00% terminal rate, failed to impact pricing, with terminal still showing at/just below the 3.75% mark in deposit rate terms.
  • Comments from ECB Vice President de Guindos are due later (at the IESE Banking Industry Meeting on the topic of “Banking Navigating the Wave of Inflation”), but that shouldn’t move the needle given his well-known stance (a little more dovish than the typical centre of the ECB), coupled with the fact that he has provided remarks in the recent past.
  • A quick reminder that liquidity will thin out on Thursday, owing to the observance of the Ascension Day holiday across large chunks of Europe.
ECB Meeting€STR ECB-Dated OIS (%)€STR ECB-Dated OIS At Previous Update (%)
Jun-233.3743.375
Jul-233.5573.557
Sep-233.6473.638
Oct-233.6423.629
Dec-233.5913.569
Feb-243.5033.463

Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg

MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com

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