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    Markets reacted with disappointment and sold off sharply following the European Central Bank’s meeting on Thursday, as Mario Draghi failed to deliver the stimulus many investors were expecting.
  • Spain shaved around 30bp from its long end borrowing costs on Thursday — just a few hours before its yields jumped after the European Central Bank disappointed market participants expecting a strong dose of monetary easing.
  • The Province of British Columbia (BC) has mandated Bank of China and HSBC as joint leads for its debut Panda bond, Michael de Jong, BC’s Minister of Finance, told GlobalRMB. The deal is expected to launch in January and will be the first Panda from a sovereign credit.
  • The UK Debt Management Office has raised £8bn in two days this week after a £3.75bn auction of its 1.5% Gilt maturing 2021. KfW was also in the market as other currencies lay dormant ahead of the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday.
  • All eyes are on the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday where it is widely anticipated that its president, Mario Draghi will announce an extension to quantitative easing.
  • The Republic of Indonesia has gone against its normal strategy of raising conventional dollar bonds at the start of the year by issuing a massive $3.5bn dual-tranche offering on December 1. It broke with its policy for the first time in years in a bid to lock in low rates ahead of this month’s expected rate hike by the Federal Reserve.