By Kymberly Martin
NZ swaps and bond yields closed down 1 bps on Friday.
US 10-year yields ended the week at 2.31%.
NZ 2-year swap closed the week at 3.92%.
This is mid the 3.85-4.00% range we see for the near-term. We do not see short-end yields breaking higher until well into next year.
Borrowers can therefore afford to be patient in adding to hedging at the short-end, although ultimately we see 2-year swap peaking around 4.6% in early 2016.
The NZ 2-10s swap curve ended the week at 53 bps. The curve has been remarkably flat for the past month although we still see the medium-term bias toward further steepening. We do not expect the mid-Oct lows, close to 40 bps, to be convincingly broken in this cycle.
On Friday night, what promised to be a quiet end to the week, due to lack of data releases, proved otherwise. ECB President Draghi used a scheduled speech to emphasise the urgency of the Bank’s actions.
He emphasised the need to raise inflation and inflations expectations “as fast as possible”. If current methods prove ineffective the Bank would “step up the pressure and broaden even more the channels through which we intervene”. German 10-year yields ended the week not far from their mid-Oct historic lows, at 0.77%.
Soon after, the People’s Bank of China surprised with a rate cut. Its benchmark lending rate was cut 40 bps, to 5.6% and its benchmark deposit rate by 25 bps to 2.75%. The PBOC argued its actions were a response to higher financing costs, rather than a slowing economy. It still considers growth to be running at a reasonable rate.
US 10-year yields declined from intra-night highs above 2.35% to end the week at 2.31%.
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Do you not think that when someone says "He emphasised the need to raise inflation and inflations expectations “as fast as possible” it might be terror speak for, "we need to head off delation really really fast before we are all in deep doo doo" ?
Just how does he do it? Everywhere you look real wages are flat, un-employment is too high, private debt almost over-welming and with "conservative" Govns still being in austerity mode he has no tools I can see and more importantly no support.
Has Japan succeeded? no the silly buggers raised consumption taxes just to put the boot in to any hope of recovery.
Man you would almost think their beloved leaders want to collapse their economy.
regards
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