OIL: ADNOC Enters Dubai Crude Pricing Process for First Time: oilprice.com

Mar-06 16:15

ADNOC Enters Dubai Crude Pricing Process for First Time: oilprice.com

  • Oilprice.com notes this is unusual for a Middle Eastern producer, as the Dubai/Oman benchmarks set prices for regional exports.
  • This could impact Saudi Aramco’s pricing decisions for Asia.

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FED: US TSY 42D AUCTION: NON-COMP BIDS $349 MLN FROM $85.000 BLN TOTAL

Feb-04 16:15
  • US TSY 42D AUCTION: NON-COMP BIDS $349 MLN FROM $85.000 BLN TOTAL

OPTIONS: Larger FX Option Pipeline

Feb-04 16:15
  • EUR/USD: Feb06 $1.0250(E1.5bln), $1.0300(E1.0bln), $1.0315-25(E2.2bln), $1.0350-55(E1.1bln), $1.0390-10(E2.8bln), $1.0430-50(E2.4bln); Feb07 $1.0400(E1.1bln); Feb10 $1.0400(E1.5bln)
  • USD/JPY: Feb06 Y153.90($1.4bln); Feb10 Y154.00($1.9bln)
  • GBP/USD: Feb06 $1.2455(Gbp1.2bln)
  • EUR/GBP: Feb06 Gbp0.8465(E1.1bln)
  • USD/CAD: Feb06 C$1.4200($1.8bln); Feb07 C$1.4090-10($1.1bln), C$1.4300-10($1.2bln), C$1.4355-75($2.5bln), C$1.4600($1.7bln); Feb10 C$1.4425($1.2bln)

GERMANY: Federal Court Invalidates Negative Interest Rates On Savings Accounts

Feb-04 16:12

German press reports that the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled negative rates charged by various banks in the past were "invalid" and were contrary to "good faith", thereby opening the potential for damage claims against banks that charged negative rates on certain savings deposits and "call money" accounts.

  • While the ECB's zero lower bound is no longer a live policy issue, markets have proved particularly interested in claims made against ECB policy in the past (e.g. The German Federal Constitutional Court ruling on the PSPP's validity within the mandate in 2020).
  • As such, on any revisit to the zero lower bound in the future, the perception that these claims and rulings could hinder the ECB's transmission mechanism could again become a market focus, and be a feature in the bank's thinking around negative rates.