AUSTRIA: Moderate Party Leaders Meet w/Pres After Gov't Talks Collapse

GBP STIRs are a little more hawkish on the day.

• 40.5bp of cuts priced through year-end vs. last week’s extreme of ~39bp, ~2bp more hawkish on the day.
• SONIA futures little changed to -2.5, with some of last week’s lows pierced.
• Chancellor Reeves did little to placate fiscal concerns earlier today.
• CPI data eyed tomorrow, click for our full preview.
• BoE dovish dissenter Taylor will speak later on Wednesday (16:30 London).
• It will be interesting to see whether Taylor explicitly addresses the change in market prices, given the moves since the release of the BoE’s MPR forecasts.
• The views of the three dissenters in the December MPC Minutes described the “sluggish demand and a weakening labour market, now and in the year ahead, both of which would see further downward pressure on demand, wages, and prices.” And noted that “given the evolving balance of risks, a less restrictive policy rate was warranted” in the view of the three dissenting members.

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