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'Everyone is ready for summer to be over' as SSA wave builds for Monday
Analysts discuss the scope of tightening in Bund swap spreads and the impact on SSA spreads
OATs and OLOs could weaken further versus Bunds while southern European countries and EU continue to paint a positive picture
Uncertainty looms large as presidential race far from clear and budget negotiations potentially ‘highly challenging’
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The first week after the Bank of Japan’s shock announcement of a vast new programme of quantitative easing gave a startling glimpse of the likely longer-term effects of the latest shot in the arm for capital markets across the world. The promise of a $1.4tr monetary easing programme from the BoJ drove a surge of dealflow across almost all asset classes as international investors scrambled to position themselves ahead of an expected rally when Japanese buying is mobilised in force.
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Italy slashed around 20bp from its funding costs across the curve at auction on Thursday, despite an increase in the government’s debt forecast for the next two years and talk of divisions in the country’s largest parliamentary grouping — which is still struggling to form a new executive.