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eakevens. Italy should announce details of its<br />

scheduled 26-Jan auction on Friday (21 January).<br />

The 10y and 30y benchmarks (BTPei-21 and ei-41)<br />

are good candidates for re-opening, but there is a<br />

risk Italy could issue a new 5y or 15y BTPei given<br />

little EURxt issuance in January (only EUR 1bn from<br />

Germany). Reminder: BTPeis generally look cheap<br />

versus OATei and especially against rich DBRei<br />

paper which have enjoyed a scarcity premium<br />

suggesting the BTPei supply will offer value.<br />

GBP: Breakevens are little changed on the week.<br />

December’s CPI was very strong at 3.7% y/y (versus<br />

consensus at 3.4%). Food, petrol and utility bills were<br />

strong as expected. But core was also strong at 2.9%<br />

y/y (+0.2 upward surprise) on recreation/goods prices<br />

despite weaker clothing. Meanwhile, RPI printed<br />

228.4, +0.7% m/m, in line with consensus but below<br />

<strong>BNP</strong>P’s call. The strong CPI headline and core is not<br />

the ideal (policy) mix for breakevens MT given the<br />

risk of monetary tightening ahead, even though RPI<br />

does benefit directly from base rate hikes via MIPS<br />

ST. We continue to receive May MPC’s meeting – a<br />

rate hike is now 80% priced in. We continue to<br />

recommend taking profit on our favourite trade into<br />

2011, long the UKTi-13 breakeven, after its 40bp<br />

performance net of carry in 2011 ahead of likely<br />

extension activity.<br />

The strong 25y Gilt auction confirms the bid for<br />

duration and we expect next week’s UKTi-55<br />

syndication to meet with strong demand. The<br />

underperformance of the belly (10-20y) in nominal,<br />

real yield and breakeven space could continue at<br />

least in inflation space. Supportive demand<br />

conditions include pension funds in surplus likely LDI<br />

needs, coupon payments (GBP 770mn, 75% in the<br />

final week), 5y+ Linkers Index extension (+0.35y)<br />

versus a limited size (we estimate up to GBP 3bn<br />

notional) due to DMO Remit. Strong outright value<br />

and convincing RV arguments add further support.<br />

Our favourite trades include 10/50y real yield<br />

flattener and long UKTi-55 breakeven. See our<br />

upcoming extensive desknote, “GBPi: UKTi-55<br />

Syndication – Selling Note” for further details.<br />

USD: As we expected, the Fed concentrated<br />

purchases in TIPS Jul-20 (56%) and TIPS Feb-40<br />

(28%). The remaining 16% of the USD 1.74bn was<br />

scattered across the curve, with 7% (USD 179mm)<br />

spent on

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