EM LATAM CREDIT: Televisa: Fitch Downgrade to ‘BB+’ – Neutral

Dec-10 20:50

(TELVIS; Ba1neg/BBBneg/BB+)

• Mexico based Televisa’s Sky satellite business has been declining for years and elevated leverage for the company has persisted above rating agency thresholds so the downgrade to below investment grade should not have been a surprise. TELVIS 40s were quoted at a 7.5% yield, 172bp higher than Mexico retailer Liverpool (LIVEPL; NR/BBB/BBB+) 2037 notes and 105bp higher than Fibra Uno (FUNOTR; Baa3/NR/BBB-) 2037s.
• Fitch noted gross leverage of 4.4x as of Q3 and expected it to be 4.2x by year end and 3.9x by end of 2026 which was still above their threshold for an investment grade rating. While the company has managed to expand profit margins through cost cutting that has been more than offset by subscriber losses in the Sky satellite segment and only modest improvement in other divisions such as cable.

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US TSYS: Nearer The End of US Govt Shutdown

Nov-10 20:33
  • Treasuries look to finish weaker, near the middle of Monday's range - optimism buoyed as the US Govt shutdown appears to be nearer an end after eight Democrats broke formation with colleagues to reopen the Govt.
  • Stocks rallied, led by chip makers while Health Care sector shares continued to decline in the second half - if the US Govt shutdown ends without an extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.
  • Reactions across G10 do not surprise, with the boost to risk assets filtering through to the underperforming JPY, while supporting the likes of AUD, NZD and NOK.
  • Treasury futures pare losses slightly (TUZ5 104-04.88, -1.88) after $58B 3Y note auction (91282CPK1) stops through: drawing 3.579% high yield vs. 3.589% WI; 2.85x bid-to-cover vs. 2.66x prior.
  • No economic data Monday, Tuesday limited to NFIB Small Business Optimism at 0600ET. Markets open for Veterans Day "holiday" - may weigh on volumes Tuesday.

AUDUSD TECHS: Bear Threat Remains Present Despite S/T Gains

Nov-10 20:30
  • RES 4: 0.6707 High Sep 17 and a bull trigger
  • RES 3: 0.6663 2.0% 10-dma Envelope
  • RES 2: 0.6644 76.4% retracement of the Sep-Oct bear leg  
  • RES 1: 0.6537/0.6618 50-day EMA / High Oct 29
  • PRICE: 0.6520 @ 16:31 GMT Nov 10 
  • SUP 1: 0.6459 Low Nov 5
  • SUP 2: 0.6440 Low Oct 14 and key support 
  • SUP 3: 0.6415 Low Aug 21 / 22 and a bear trigger
  • SUP 4: 0.6373 Low Jun 23   

Despite Monday’s early gains, a bearish short-term tone in AUDUSD remains intact. The recent breach of the 50-day EMA undermines a recent bullish theme. This has exposed the next key support at 0.6440, the Oct 14 low. Key resistance and a short-term bull trigger is at 0.6618, the Oct 29 high. Initial resistance to monitor is at 0.6537, the 50-day EMA. A clear break of the average would strengthen a bullish case.       

US FISCAL: CBO: October Deficit Shrinks, Shutdown/Timing Issues Muddy Comparison

Nov-10 20:11

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the federal government posted a $219B deficit in October, vs just over $258B a year earlier. This would still be one of the bigger October deficit in recent years but regarding that $39B Y/Y decrease: revenues were up $75B vs a year earlier, "driven by larger collections of individual income and payroll taxes and by increased customs duties", and while outlays were up $37B that was due to a timing shift without which outlays would have decreased (not increased) by $70B vs Oct 2024.

  • Overall accounting for timing changes in this first month of the fiscal year, "the decrease in the deficit for October also would have been larger— $145 billion rather than $39 billion. CBO estimates that outlays were smaller than a year ago in part because of the lapse in discretionary appropriations that began on October 1, 2025."
  • As such the imminent reopening of the government will probably mean that outlays ramp up shortly to make up for lost ground.
  • We should also note that CBO - whose estimates are usually quite accurate - undershot the actual September surplus by $34B, which it attributes to the lack of full data in shutdown: "Because data were not available from many agencies during the lapse in funding, CBO’s estimate of September spending did not account for certain transactions with the Treasury, a number of which were recorded as offsetting receipts."
  • Treasury is due to publish its October estimates on Thursday but it's unclear whether it will produce a report even if the shutdown is resolved by then.
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