Brexit: UK rates strategy – Deutsche Bank

By FXStreet Jack Di Lizia, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the increased focus on Brexit risk has dominated front-end and currency moves, but further out the curve the underperformance of UK cash is likely also a result of duration indigestion now that February’s supply has come to an end.

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“Front-end pricing seems excessive relative to news flow over the week. Instead, it seems the market is now pricing a dovish premium related to Brexit, with the Bank of England expected to err on the side of caution until clarity emerges over the result. We maintain our GBP FRA-OIS wideners vs. Europe.

The long end has underperformed both on the curve and against swaps, a result, in our view, of a duration overhang from February supply rather than Brexit concerns alone. From a more strategic perspective, however, the UKT 10s30s remains too flat against our model. We maintain our risk premium steepeners in the UK, which should benefit from increased Brexit risk together with the offsetting impact on inflation from the current FX weakness.

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Source:: FX Street