HALISTER1: Low Yields Push ECB Out the Curve in Core EGB Purchases: Danske

Low Yields Push ECB Out the Curve in Core EGB Purchases: Danske

(Bloomberg) -- Monthly avg maturity of QE monthly purchases increased to record high of 11.7 years in German bonds where more than 60% of market value is trading at a yield below -40bps and thereby is ineligible for QE, Danske analysts Anders Moller Lumholtz and Mathias Mogensen write in note.
  • Finland, Netherlands, France, Ireland also hit new highs in avg maturity of monthly purchases
  • Purchases in Portugal, Ireland are still below capital key suggestions; slowdown relative to other sovereigns due to issue/issuer limit
    • Finland, Germany could be next to be impacted by current restrictions to purchases if no changes made in December
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Source: BFW (Bloomberg First Word)

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2539Z GR (European Central Bank)

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Anders Lumholtz (Danske Bank A/S)
Mathias Mogensen (Danske Bank A/S)

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