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Week Ahead (2/2)

UK
  • Amid concerns about the impact of the India variant on England's roadmap out of lockdown and the end of existing economic restrictions, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that "We'll try and let people know by the end of the month about exactly where we think we'll be on 21 June, Step 4." Data over the weekend suggests that when two doses of either the AZ or Pfizer vaccine are given that the vaccines are almost as good against the Indian variant as they are against the Kent variant which has boosted expectations that the reopening will remain on course.
  • The DMO is due to release its FQ2 gilt operations calendar covering the July to September period on Friday at 7:30BST (we have discussed this both in our expectations document and then through further updates on bullets/chat since the consultation minutes were released). The main datapoint for the week will be public sector finances on Tuesday at 7am. There will also be focus on this week's linker syndication.

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