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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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A new C$6.5bn ($6.1bn) five year issue this week brought issuance off the Canada Mortgage Bond programme for the year to C$46.9bn, a new record.
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The shock downgrade of Greek government debt by Standard & Poor’s this week to BBB+ from A-, after placing the country on CreditWatch negative only last week, has intensified pressure on the sovereign’s bond spreads and the viability of its 2010 funding programme.
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The Republic of Indonesia has picked the arrangers of its next global bond and hopes to bring a deal at the start of the year, continuing its strategy of meeting as much of its annual funding target as possible in the first quarter.
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In a week of heightened anxiety over sovereign debt levels and renewed fears surrounding governments’ ability to finance their spiralling deficits, the United Mexican States rode into the Samurai bond market and carried off ¥150bn ($1.7bn) in breathtaking style.
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Greek officials began a fightback this week after Fitch downgraded the country’s rating to BBB+, criticising what they saw as an over-reaction by the agency and then investors, but promising to take credible steps at last to cut medium-term public borrowing.