TREE NEWS reports: Germany’s two-year Bund yield fell 2.3 basis points to 3.129% on Wednesday, trading between 3.191% and 3.123%, ahead of the release of US CPI inflation data at 20:30 Beijing time. The 10-year yield slipped 0.3bp to 3.466%, briefly spiking from around 3.470% when the data landed before hitting a session high at 20:43. The 2/10-year spread widened 2.439bp to +33.529bp, while the 30-year yield rose 1.2bp to 3.827%.
German Two-Year Bund Yield Falls Over 2bps as Investors Eye US CPI
AI take
The front-end outperformance, with the 2-year yield falling more than the 10-year and the 2/10 spread widening, signals that markets were positioning for a soft US CPI print rather than reacting to domestic euro-area news. The brief 10-year spike when the data landed, followed by a session high shortly after, points to thin liquidity and two-way risk around the release. The open question is whether this Bund curve steepening reflects a durable repricing of rate expectations or just pre-data hedging that unwinds.
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