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Buoyant primary market activity and flows continue to support credit and EM debt markets, while government bonds reverse course amid reassuring economic data as markets revised down central banks’ rate cut prospects.
US bonds had a strong month, with both interest rates and credit spreads lower, while European fixed income had to discount higher than expected German government bond issuances and the possible end of the ECB rate cut cycle.
The US Federal Reserve held its target range for the Fed Funds rate unchanged yesterday, as widely expected, and the SNB -- one last cut, likely done in a highly uncertain environment.
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