Rates
US Yields Rise Out To The Belly, With Further Flattening At The Long End Of The Curve
Forward rates continue to price in a very shallow hiking cycle, with only 3 hikes expected from 2023 to 25: this reflects both anemic forward growth expectations (flattening US TIPS 5s30s) and the Fed's possible use of more aggressive QT to accelerate its normalization efforts
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Fed Hikes Priced Into Eurodollar Futures For 2023, 2024, 2025 | Sources: ϕpost, Refinitiv data
QUICK US SUMMARY
- 3-Month USD LIBOR -0.43bp today, now at 0.2600%; 3-Month OIS +2.3bp at 0.1900%
- The treasury yield curve steepened, with the 1s10s spread widening 2.6 bp, now at 138.4 bp (YTD change: +25.7bp)
- 1Y: 0.4910% (up 5.6 bp)
- 2Y: 1.0465% (up 7.8 bp)
- 5Y: 1.6611% (up 10.2 bp)
- 7Y: 1.8320% (up 9.8 bp)
- 10Y: 1.8753% (up 8.2 bp)
- 30Y: 2.1894% (up 6.2 bp)
- US treasury curve spreads: 3m2Y at 90.5bp (up 6.5bp today), 2s5s at 61.5bp (up 2.4bp), 5s10s at 21.5bp (down -1.9bp), 10s30s at 31.2bp (down -2.0bp)
- Treasuries butterfly spreads: 1s5s10s at -90.9bp (down -6.0bp), 5s10s30s at 9.4bp (down -0.8bp)
- TIPS 1Y breakeven inflation at 3.52% (up -3.0bp); 2Y at 3.22% (down -2.4bp); 5Y at 2.76% (down -7.0bp); 10Y at 2.47% (up 1.0bp); 30Y at 2.26% (up 1.0bp)
- US 5-Year TIPS Real Yield: +10.7 bp at -1.1660%; 10-Year TIPS Real Yield: +7.8 bp at -0.6130%; 30-Year TIPS Real Yield: +5.3 bp at -0.0510%
US MACRO RELEASES
- New York Fed, General Business Condition for Jan 2022 (FED, NY) at -0.70 (vs 31.90 prior), below consensus estimate of 25.00
- NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for Jan 2022 (NAHB, United States) at 83.00 (vs 84.00 prior), below consensus estimate of 84.00
- Net flows total, Current Prices for Nov 2021 (U.S. Dept. Treas.) at 223.90 Bln USD (vs 143.00 Bln USD prior)
- Net foreign acquisition of long-term securities, Current Prices for Nov 2021 (U.S. Dept. Treas.) at 105.30 Bln USD (vs -22.20 Bln USD prior)
- Net purchases (net long-term capital inflows), total, Current Prices for Nov 2021 (U.S. Dept. Treas.) at 137.40 Bln USD (vs 7.10 Bln USD prior)
- Net purchases of U.S. treasury bonds & notes, total net foreign purchases, Current Prices for Nov 2021 (U.S. Dept. Treas.) at 66.40 Bln USD (vs -43.50 Bln USD prior)
US FORWARD RATES
- Fed Funds futures now imply changes of 26.8bp (107.4% probability of a 25bp hike) by the end of March 2022 and price in 4.2 hikes by the end of December 2022
- 1-month USD OIS 12-months forward now price in 4.2 bp of Fed hikes by the end of 2022 (1-day change: 6.8 bp; 1-week change: 20.6 bp)
- 3-month Eurodollar futures (EDZ) spreads price in 65.5 bp of hikes in 2023 (equivalent to 2.6 x 25 bp hikes), down -0.5 bp today, and 12 bp of hikes in 2024 (equivalent to 0.5 x 25 bp hike)
- 1-year US Treasury rate 5 years forward up 9.3 bp, now at 2.2137%, meaning that the 1-year Treasury rate is now expected to increase by 160.0 bp over the next 5 years (equivalent to 6.4 x 25 bp hikes)
US INFLATION & REAL RATES
- TIPS 1Y breakeven inflation at 3.52% (down -3.0bp); 2Y at 3.22% (down -2.4bp); 5Y at 2.76% (down -7.0bp); 10Y at 2.47% (up 1.0bp); 30Y at 2.26% (up 1.0bp)
- 6-month spot US CPI swap down -5.3 bp to 3.802%, with a flattening of the forward curve
- US Real Rates: 5Y at -1.1660%, +10.7 bp today; 10Y at -0.6130%, +7.8 bp today; 30Y at -0.0510%, +5.3 bp today
RATES VOLATILITY & LIQUIDITY
- USD swap rate implied volatility (USD 1 Month by 1 Year ATM Swaption) up 6.9% at 60.2%
- 3-Month LIBOR-OIS spread down -0.4 bp at 7.0 bp (12-months range: 2.6-14.6 bp)
KEY INTERNATIONAL RATES
- Germany 5Y: -0.329% (down -0.1 bp); the German 1Y-10Y curve is 1.9 bp steeper at 64.2bp (YTD change: +19.1 bp)
- Japan 5Y: -0.026% (down -0.1 bp); the Japanese 1Y-10Y curve is 0.5 bp steeper at 23.1bp (YTD change: +6.8 bp)
- China 5Y: 2.490% (down -7.1 bp); the Chinese 1Y-10Y curve is 0.6 bp steeper at 66.0bp (YTD change: +14.9 bp)
- Switzerland 5Y: -0.264% (down -0.1 bp); the Swiss 1Y-10Y curve is 1.7 bp steeper at 72.2bp (YTD change: +14.0 bp)