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All as expected by the market, but lack of more details regarding bill issuance somewhat disappoints
◆ Sovereign back in euros, alternating from dollars in 2025 ◆ “Very low double digit” spread over Germany ◆ Sweden, KfW key comps
Likely successor as UK prime minister Andy Burnham further to the political 'left than anyone else’ but market hopeful that scope for more borrowing is limited
Fiscal targets for 2026 already met, more early debt repayments underway
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The European Central Bank managed to steer around the topic of tapering its asset purchase programmes at its monetary policy meeting on Thursday, but with growth and inflation increasing rapidly, the debate is going nowhere, and economists believe a fight is brewing for the September meeting. -
The European Commission has sent a letter of formal notice to Germany in response to the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Public Sector Purchase Programme in 2020.
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New bond issuance from local government financing vehicles in China has taken a beating recently, as Beijing hardens its stance on keeping the country’s ‘hidden debt’ problem under control. But the challenging times are likely just beginning, writes Addison Gong.
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Greece and NRW.Bank added to the week’s primary euro public sector supply on Wednesday ahead of a closely watched European Central Bank governing council meeting on Thursday.
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Bond market participants will be on tenterhooks for the European Central Bank’s latest monetary policy decision on Thursday. The rapidity of the European recovery, and the apparent return of inflation have stoked fears that the ECB would begin to discuss tapering its asset purchase programmes.
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Europe’s holiday from the budget constraints of the Stability and Growth Pact will soon be at an end, but few are eager to return to austere times and limited borrowing. The EU’s sustainability agenda is a clear way around it.
