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ook 2016: Managing with less liquidity Key Economic Forecasts Advanced economies US Japan Euro area Germany France Italy Spain Netherlands Belgium Austria Finland Greece Portugal Ireland United Kingdom Denmark Norway Sweden Switzerland Canada Australia New Zealand EEMEA Czech Repu

has also been historically correlated with the US current account deficit as much of it was financed by the foreign official sector, which bought Treasuries for Official Reserves. The present current account deficit points to 25% of the lOy yield, so similar (55bps) but slightly higher BRP. Credit sprea

an 4 UK New Zealand 5 Australia Canada 5 Canada Canada 6 Canada Netherlands 6 New Zealand Estonia 7 Switzerland New Zealand 7 Australia Australia 8 ; Belgium 8 Austria Netherlands 9 Belgium Australia 9 Ireland Germany 10 France Germany 10 Sweden Switzerland 11 Austria Estonia 1 Czech Republic UK 12 Denmark

r than Treasury yields with corresponding maturities as they include incremental credit risk associated with the banks that provide swaps compared to Treasuries, which are viewed as risk-free. 2)10-year Treasury swap spread turned negative on 3/24/10, while 30-year Treasury swap spread turned negative in 10/0

country. In fact, the country clustering is even more concentrated than it looks if we allow for the fact that the bigger of the two upside outliers, Belgium (1.8% inflation), has experienced a presumably unrepeatable increase in the tax rate on electricity from 6% to 21%, as well as other excise duty incr

nks hold a 10% capital ratio. This plan would probably decrease the availability of leverage, and could also result in reduced demand for short-dated Treasuries in HQLA portfolios. Another risk to 30y swap spread normalization in particular would be a material increase in deficit spending as part of a fiscal