OIL: Oil End of Day Summary: Crude Loses Ground on Week

• MNI: FED SHOULD TAKE CAUTIOUS APPROACH - MAY MINUTES
• FED: WELL POSITIONED TO WAIT FOR MORE CLARITY ON OUTLOOK
• FED: TARIFFS BOOST RISKS TO INFLATION, EMPLOYMENT

• RES 4: 0.8557 High Apr 28  
• RES 3: 0.8541 High May 2 
• RES 2: 0.8493 High May 9  
• RES 1: 0.8447 50-day EMA and a key near-term resistance
• PRICE: 0.8387 @ 16:19 BST May 28
• SUP 1: 0.8373 Low May 27
• SUP 2: 0.8359 1.236 proj of the Apr 11 - 16 - 21 price swing
• SUP 3: 0.8316 Low Mar 28 and a key support
• SUP 4: 0.8277 1.618 proj of the Apr 11 - 16 - 21 price swing

A bear cycle in EURGBP remains in play and a fresh cycle low yesterday reinforces this theme. Resistance to watch is at the 50-day EMA at 0.8447. A clear break of this average is required to highlight a stronger reversal and shift attention to resistance at 0.8541, the May 2 high. On the downside, a  resumption of the downtrend would pave the way for a move towards 0.8359, a Fibonacci projection.

European yields backed up Wednesday, continuing their rise from Tuesday's lows, with Gilts underperforming Bunds.

• A soft long-end Japanese bond auction overnight set a weaker tone for global core FI early.
• In data, ECB 1-year ahead inflation expectations surprisingly rose but longer-term expectations were steady, muting the impact.
• On the day, the UK curve leaned bear steeper to the 10Y segment, with 30Y outperforming. The German curve more clearly bear steepened.
• BTPs led broader gains in much of the session, with 10Y yields falling to the lowest levels since February. 10-year EGB periphery/semi-core spreads tightened 0.3-1.0bps vs Bunds on the day.
• Thursday's calendar includes an appearance by BOE's Bailey; in data we get Spanish retail sales, and Italian confidence indicators and industrial sales.
• Attention for the week is on Friday's flash May inflation readings from Germany, Italy and Spain.

Closing Yields / 10-Yr EGB Spreads To Germany:

• Germany: The 2-Yr yield is up 0.6bps at 1.797%, 5-Yr is up 1.4bps at 2.107%, 10-Yr is up 2.2bps at 2.554%, and 30-Yr is up 2.9bps at 3.031%.
• UK: The 2-Yr yield is up 5.5bps at 4.075%, 5-Yr is up 5.4bps at 4.206%, 10-Yr is up 6.1bps at 4.727%, and 30-Yr is up 4.5bps at 5.48%.
• Italian BTP spread down 0.4bps at 98.1bps / French OAT down 0.5bps at 67.3bps