U.S Treasury yields are more or less unchanged at 4.4% with markets focused on U.S. trade talks and proposed copper tariffs.
We followed LATAM where spreads were wider in a 1-8bp range. In Asia, EM also had a softer bias with $ govie/agency spreads 1-3bp wider. The outlier being Korea (+3bp), which reported net June bank lending to households +KRW6.2T (KRW5.2T in May), the largest monthly gain since August last year.
Emerging markets newsflow was dominated by possible U.S. tariffs on copper, which has a limited direct impact on Asia emerging markets. The main producers being Chile, Canada and Mexico. Freeport Indonesia, the largest copper producer in Asia (6th globally), valuations were marginally lower, though not underperforming.
In other news, short-seller Viceroy, released a report calling into question Vedanta's debt sustainability, the VEDLN 12/31s were 1pt lower on the day. There were no new $ fixed issues or mandates.
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Goldman Sachs “continue to like Euribor Z5/Z7 steepeners as near-term risks still point towards cuts, whereas the skew of risks further into 2026/27 will be towards better growth and higher inflation vs. current pricing. This deserves an upward sloping money market curve, and this bearish view on the rates expectation curve should limit the declines in core yields other than the very front-end”.
ECB-dated OIS continue to price just over one full 25bp cut through year-end, with only 3bps of easing priced through the July decision. Following the more hawkish-than-expected stance at President Lagarde’s press conference last Thursday, the bar to another sequential 25bp cut appears high. However, it’s worth remembering that a lot can change between now and July 24, particularly with tariff reprieve deadlines set to expire in this period.
Meeting Date | ESTR ECB-Dated OIS (%) | Difference Vs. Current Cut Adjusted Effective ESTR Rate (bp) |
Jul-25 | 1.893 | -3.0 |
Sep-25 | 1.770 | -15.3 |
Oct-25 | 1.738 | -18.5 |
Dec-25 | 1.666 | -25.7 |
Feb-26 | 1.653 | -27.0 |
Mar-26 | 1.644 | -27.9 |
Apr-26 | 1.649 | -27.4 |
Jun-26 | 1.662 | -26.1 |
Source: MNI/Bloomberg Finance L.P. |
Gilts rally a little, with core global FI off late Friday/Asia lows and oil off Asia highs.