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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
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The dollar market will still be the place to go for SSAs next week as the euro market comes to terms with a rampant repricing, but not every deal in the market this week fared spectacularly well.
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The Banca d’Italia announced on Monday that it was prepared to offer its stock of securities bought under the public sector purchase programme (PSPP) into the market for a much lower price than the other central banks using the scheme.
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A weekend has passed since the UK’s general election, allowing time for investors to digest last Thursday’s surprising result. The victory confounded opinion polls, which had suggested another hung parliament. This uncertainty leading up to the election resulted in an increased level of volatility in the markets.
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Ireland enjoyed a calmer day to auction on Thursday than eurozone sovereigns have been used to over the past two weeks — but the volatility may not be over.
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Traders say they are optimistic that approaching Greece debt talks and the iTraxx index May options expiring next week will help return direction to the credit market, which has been locked in the thrall of the Bund blowout since the end of April.