Selected market news
Bank of England (BoE) sent a more hawkish message than we and markets had expected, as it is concerned about overheating the economy. This is also the reason why we now expect the BoE to hike by 25bp already in May (although admittedly it is a somewhat close call between May and August) and launch a hiking cycle, see Bank of England review: Launching a hiking cycle , 08 February.
EUR fixed income markets fluctuated quite a lot during yesterday's trading session. On the back of BoE hawkish message yields climbed higher. However, later in the afternoon spill-over from risk off sentiments in equity markets weighed in yields, e.g. with the equity volatility index VIX increasing from around 25 to above 30 yesterday after the index has been trending lower since the major risk-off day in the financial markets on Monday. Overnight, the risk-off sentiments in equity markets continued with Asian stock markets in red.
In the US, Fed nominee Goodfriend was approved by the senate banking committee yesterday. The vote was 13-12, making it a close call whether he will be approved by the full Senate, where the Republicans only has a very slim majority 51-49.
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