4th February 2022

  • Negative Rates Under Attack as Bond Traders See Hikes Everywhere

Japan’s five-year yield rises to zero first time since 2016

Pool of global negative yielding debt shrinks most on record

https://blinks.bloomberg.com/news/stories/R6RMDWDWX2PS

  • U.S. Jobs Data Look ‘Particularly Tricky’ on Omicron, Revisions

Projected 150,000 payrolls gain would be worst since Dec. 2020

Omicron, seasonal factors will make data tricky to interpret

https://blinks.bloomberg.com/news/stories/R6OV48T1UM0X

  • WTI Crude Passes $90 a Barrel for the First Time Since 2014

Investors doubtful that OPEC+ members can meet their quotas

WTI crude is heading for a seventh straight weekly gain

https://blinks.bloomberg.com/news/stories/R6QU1MT1UM0W

  • Lagarde Pivots on ECB Hikes as Switch in Guidance Seen Soon

Asset purchase plans and other measures kept unchanged

Investors are adding bets on rate moves at upcoming meetings

https://blinks.bloomberg.com/news/stories/R6QPGUT0G1KW

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