Erste Bank Research Team
Erste Bank
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Greek Bond Sell Off: The difference in fortunes couldn’t be more dramatic. While the yield on the Bund fell to a record low below 8 bps, it is bond prices and not yields that are making record lows in Greece.
Analysts’ View:
RO Bonds: The MinFin sold bonds maturing in Feb-25 worth RON 200 mn as planned, at an average yield of 3.20%. Total demand was RON 539.8 mn. The announcement about the cut in the VAT for food to 9% beginning with June (from 24% at present) was received as neutral to slightly positive by investors and last Friday S&P confirmed Romania’s rating at BBB- with a stable outlook. In our view, better revenue collection to the state budget and consolidation of economic growth at higher levels are of key importance for preserving foreign investors’ confidence after the fiscal easing. We maintain our 5-year ROMGB yield forecast at 2.3% for the remainder of this year.
PL Macro: The labour market data should confirm improved conditions, as employment and wages are expected to grow (consensus at 1.2% y/y and 3.4% y/y, respectively). Such a development is supportive of private consumption, which we expect to be a major positive contributor to economic growth in 1Q15. Although the data should confirm the pretty optimistic outlook for the economy, it is going to be mostly neutral for markets. We expect the zloty to remain strong (4.02 vs. the EUR at the end of 1H15) and 10Y yields to move toward 2.1% at the end of the quarter.
Traders’ Comments:
CEE Fixed income: Price action on CEE fixed income was once again very muted as the tug-of-war between QE and a Grexident leaves yields largely unchanged but spreads to Bunds wider. 10y yield spreads are at or close to the widest levels since 3 months in Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria & the Czech Republic. Slovenia and Slovakia which share the Euro with Germany are at or below the average of the last 3 months. Slovenia is also a direct beneficiary from QE as its bonds are eligible for the ECB bond buying programme.
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