HALISTER1: Optimism About Brazil Fuels Big Rate Cuts Bets, Say Analysts

Optimism About Brazil Fuels Big Rate Cuts Bets, Say Analysts

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil swaps market prices in 315bps of rate cuts through end of 2017 in anticipation of President Temer’s success on reforms and BCB crackdown on inflation, analysts say.
  • Market may be ignoring risks such as Temer struggles to implement fiscal adjustment and external backdrop of stagnating flows for EM, Paulo Nepomuceno, FI strategist at Coinvalores, says in a phone interview
    • Risk premium loss in the long-end of curve is overdone; “if everything goes right, your gain is few, if something goes wrong, you can lose too much”
    • DI rates curve has already anticipated a lot of the expectation of approval of spending cap bill in Lower House, Rogerio Braga, director at Quantitas, says
    • Long-end swap rates drop reflects view that president Temer is more able than his predecessor to deal with reforms, Carlos Fernando Vieira, FI head at Lerosa Corretora, says
    • Improvement in inflation expectations also helps market to bet on rate cuts
  • NOTE: BCB this week forecast CPI below target in 2017 and 2018 when considering Selic rate and USD/BRL at current levels
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Carlos Vieira (Esc. Lerosa SA Corretores De Valores)
Michel Temer (Federative Republic of Brazil)
Paulo Nepomuceno (Coinvalores CCVM Ltda)
Rogerio Braga (Quantitas Gestao de Recursos SA)

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