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10 February 2023
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- Gilts made significant losses as UK GDP failed to contract in Q4 despite a non-negligible drop in December.
- While a hawkish Governing Council member suggested that the ECB could end Asset Purchase Programme reinvestments in Q3, Bunds also made losses on a quiet day for euro area economic data.
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10 February 2023
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- The inflation fight: will the Fed win?
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9 February 2023
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- Bunds made gains as the flash estimates of German inflation in January came in below expectations, despite also indicating the likelihood of a modest upwards revision to euro area inflation.
- Despite another downbeat UK housing market survey, Gilts made losses at the shorter end of the curve as BoE MPC members offered a range of views about the balance of risks to the economic outlook.
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7 February 2023
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- Despite weak German IP data, Bunds made notable losses after the ECB announced it will adjust the interest rate ceiling paid on government deposits within the Eurosystem from 1 May, while Bundesbank President Nagel stated that further significant ECB rate hikes were likely after March.
- Gilts made more significant losses even as UK surveys on retail sales and house prices disappointed.
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7 February 2023
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- International trade: softer exports, firmer imports, wider deficit in December; But improvement in Q4
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6 February 2023
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- Bunds followed the global trend lower as German factory orders beat expectations, but euro area retail sales fell sharply in December.
- Gilts made large losses as MPC hawk Catherine Mann noted that risks to the BoE’s inflation forecast are skewed significantly to the upside, and reiterated that the next step in Bank Rate is more likely to be a hike than a cut.
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6 February 2023
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- 4Q22 earnings results of European banks have so far mostly been positive, exceeding consensus analyst views. The profit outlook remains firm in light of the constructive rates environment
- Primary markets largely muted for FIGs as the earnings season continued, with a few SSA deals continuing to supply the market with Sterling bonds
- Secondary market spreads tightened in EUR and USD as market optimism about the inflation and rate outlook improved
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3 February 2023
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- Employment: strong payroll growth
- Growth of average hourly earnings decelerates, but still brisk
- ISM services: back within a comfortable range
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