Short squeeze drives ECB-eligible covered bonds
The lack of covered bond issuance this year and further European Central Bank buying has depleted dealer trading inventories, causing a short squeeze in bonds eligible for its purchase programme (CBPP3). This has diverted real money interest to higher yielding bonds and those that are not eligible for the programme.
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