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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’
Summer in full swing but first two weeks of August not completely off the cards for non-euro deals
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Italy’s 10 year borrowing costs fell at auction for the first time since March on Thursday, although the sovereign fell slightly short of its maximum target for the sale. -
The short term risk of Grexit might have receded, but nothing really looks solved. In nearly every currency union in history, once a sovereign joins a currency, it doesn't leave — except for the Pope.
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Italy is almost certain to cut its 10 year borrowing costs for the first time since March in an auction on Thursday — and readied itself for that by selling debt at a smidge above 0% on Wednesday.
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Greece may be off most market participants’ radars for the moment. But with another election in the country looking increasingly likely, an already busy period for political risk could be about to grow worse.
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Italy kick-started a series of auctions this week by selling near the upper end of its target of inflation linked paper on Tuesday.
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Credit default swaps referencing Brazil have hit their widest levels of the year, with the continuing crash in commodities weighing heavily on those names most exposed and adding to a raft of other woes for the country.
