Euro area bond yields held broadly steady on Tuesday ahead of inflation figures from the euro zone later in the day. Germany’s 10-year bond yield, the benchmark for the euro zone bloc, was up less than one basis point (bp) at 2.459%.
Yields move inversely to prices. Monday’s indicator showed a faster-than-expected pickup in German inflation, and investors now look to the euro zone harmonised index of consumer prices due later in the day.
The inflation data will be the last before the European Central Bank’s next meeting on Jan. 30. Markets currently expect the ECB to cut interest rates by around 100 bps this year.
Euro zone bond yields hold steady, down from six-week high
Italy’s 10-year yield was up 2 bps? at 3.597%, after touching 3.629%, its highest since Nov. 18.
The gap between Italian and German yields widened 1.5 bps to 112.7 bps.
Germany’s two-year bond yield, which is more sensitive to changes in ECB rate expectations, was little changed at 2.197%.
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