supply of government bonds
Posted on July 6th, 2009 in Market Review, Money Market | Comments Off
A “quite chunky” supply of government bonds in Italy this week is being offset by coupon and redemption proceeds out of Spain, and “we think the recent outperformance of the latter in the broader country spread compression may have further to run,” says Nomura International. That said, it says, (yield) differentials have covered some distance already and are especially susceptible to a reversal of the “re-risking” them, it adds.