#16
Previsiones sobre la próxima reunión del BCE
He recibido varios informes sobre las previsiones del BCE
Aberdeen
" Es poco probable que el BCE anuncie nuevos estímulos esta semana, ya que acaba de aumentar sus compras de activos en junio y la recuperación económica europea parece muy fuerte por ahora. Es posible que se hagan ajustes técnicos al tietering, lo que aliviará parte de la tensión de los tipos negativos en los bancos. Sin embargo, la verdadera atención se centrará en Christine Lagarde, que utilizará la rueda de prensa para animar a los líderes políticos europeos a acordar el Fondo de Recuperación de la UE en la cumbre de emergencia que se celebrará a finales de la semana. Pero con el dinero del Fondo de Recuperación que se desembolsará gradualmente durante un período de varios años, pensamos que el BCE puede tener que volver actuar más adelante este año, y es muy posible una nueva expansión del QE en septiembre o diciembre".
MFS
The overall macro picture has not changed significantly since the June meeting. The economy continues to recover and the inflation outlook is muted. We still see enough flexibility in the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) to combat any unwarranted tightening in financial conditions. The June targeted longer-term refinancing operation (TLTRO) was a successful exercise and the extra liquidity added (around €550bn) is seen as enough to support the private sector into the recovery phase (or at least reduce liquidity crisis). Overall, we do not believe there is a strong need for further action from the European Central Bank (ECB) at the current juncture. If anything, the ECB communication will be closely watched.
Aberdeen
" Es poco probable que el BCE anuncie nuevos estímulos esta semana, ya que acaba de aumentar sus compras de activos en junio y la recuperación económica europea parece muy fuerte por ahora. Es posible que se hagan ajustes técnicos al tietering, lo que aliviará parte de la tensión de los tipos negativos en los bancos. Sin embargo, la verdadera atención se centrará en Christine Lagarde, que utilizará la rueda de prensa para animar a los líderes políticos europeos a acordar el Fondo de Recuperación de la UE en la cumbre de emergencia que se celebrará a finales de la semana. Pero con el dinero del Fondo de Recuperación que se desembolsará gradualmente durante un período de varios años, pensamos que el BCE puede tener que volver actuar más adelante este año, y es muy posible una nueva expansión del QE en septiembre o diciembre".
MFS
The overall macro picture has not changed significantly since the June meeting. The economy continues to recover and the inflation outlook is muted. We still see enough flexibility in the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) to combat any unwarranted tightening in financial conditions. The June targeted longer-term refinancing operation (TLTRO) was a successful exercise and the extra liquidity added (around €550bn) is seen as enough to support the private sector into the recovery phase (or at least reduce liquidity crisis). Overall, we do not believe there is a strong need for further action from the European Central Bank (ECB) at the current juncture. If anything, the ECB communication will be closely watched.
Recent comments by some ECB Governing council officials have sounded somewhat more mixed. In our view, we can rule out that Lagarde will assume a less dovish stance for now but more optimism on the developments of activity will be overall 'good' news. The recent progress on the German Constitutional Court ruling is also likely to be discussed. Recent decisions from the German Bundestag suggest the 'proportionality' is not an issue, given the papers the ECB presented recently. Lagarde is expected to confirm the ECB 'approach' has been judged as lawful and the discussion should be kept at bay for now.
We ultimately believe something like what was proposed by the European Commission will eventually emerge. After all, this was broadly based on the proposal announced with the support of France and Germany. We consider the involvement of grants and the use of new budgetary measures as significant. We believe it symbolically represents and politically signals: a move towards further EU fiscal integration. We therefore expect that the Recovery Fund will be welcomed by investors and the market, alleviating euro area concerns by its show of inherent solidarity.
Should the European Union Council discussion on the Recovery Fund lead to some progress in the right direction, we anticipate very little movements in the European rates space. The market appears to be pricing in a sort of compromise between the major EU counterparts. Indications that the major building blocks (size, share of loans and grants, funding) have created the foundations for a temporary but robust European common fiscal project would be positive for the markets and the current low risk premium will be maintained.
Based on current information and the forward looking event calendar, our central case would be for yields to stay generally low in Europe. This is based on the size of ECB accommodation which is now coupled with a tentative recovery and an evolving (and sizable) fiscal response. All eyes remain on the extent of the return in economic activity – particularly the effects on the labour market – and we must also continue take all coronavirus data seriously.
Allianz
La respuesta política del BCE a la pandemia del coronavirus ha sido efectiva hasta el momento, pero debería reiterar su capacidad, y disposición, de hacer más si es necesario”
Allianz
La respuesta política del BCE a la pandemia del coronavirus ha sido efectiva hasta el momento, pero debería reiterar su capacidad, y disposición, de hacer más si es necesario”
Principales conclusiones
- No esperamos que se anuncien nuevas medidas en la reunión de política monetaria del Banco Central Europeo del 16 de julio. Pero el banco debería reafirmar la postura acomodaticia que ha tomado hasta ahora en respuesta a la pandemia del coronavirus.
- El BCE puede estar satisfecho de la gran mejora de las condiciones financieras en la zona euro. Sin embargo, ante la incertidumbre sobre la evolución de la pandemia, en la zona del euro y en el mundo, que ponen en duda las perspectivas de crecimiento y la economía global, el banco central debe permanecer alerta y reiterar su capacidad de hacer más si es necesario.
- Los mercados deberían permanecer tranquilos, con la seguridad de que cuentan con la presencia de un BCE que mantiene el control de la curva de rendimiento.
El Banco Central Europeo (BCE) puede estar satisfecho con los resultados de su política a gran escala, implementada desde marzo, y con la fuerte mejora en las condiciones financieras dentro de la zona euro.
- La recuperación, impulsada por el consumo, ha sido más fuerte de lo esperado: el Índice del Gerente de Compras (PMI) para la industria manufacturera en la zona euro se situó en el 47,4% en junio, frente al 39,4% en mayo, mientras que el Índice de Servicios alcanzó el 48,3%, comparado con el 30.5% en mayo.
- La tasa de crecimiento interanual del agregado monetario amplio M3 fue del 8,9% interanual, en comparación con el 8,2% de abril. Esto confirma la efectividad de la política de concesión de créditos y la fluidez en la transmisión de la política monetaria.
- Finalmente, la contracción de los diferenciales de crédito confirma un mercado de crédito activo.
Por lo tanto, el contexto general está más calmado que en la reunión anterior del BCE en junio. Sin embargo, el BCE debe reiterar su vigilancia y su voluntad de intervenir aún más, si es necesario.
El entorno sigue caracterizándose por la incertidumbre en torno al desarrollo de la pandemia, en la zona del euro y en todo el mundo, lo que genera dudas sobre las perspectivas de crecimiento y la economía global en general. Además, los índices de inflación y las perspectivas de inflación siguen siendo extremadamente bajos. La tasa de inflación anual en la zona euro (IPC) se ubica en 0,3%, el IPC subyacente en 0,8% y las expectativas de inflación permanecen en niveles históricamente bajos con un indicador de intercambio a 5 años en 1,10% en junio.
Por lo tanto, anticipamos una extensión del Programa de Compra de Emergencia frente a la Pandemia (PEPP) en el otoño para satisfacer las considerables necesidades financieras de los gobiernos en 2021, que debería alcanzar los 1,1 billones de euros dentro de la zona euro en 2021. El PEPP, ya extendido en la reunión anterior el 4 de junio, debería extenderse hasta 2022.
Los mercados de bonos deberían permanecer en calma. Los tipos a corto plazo están bien anclados en puntos muy bajos, y la curva de rendimiento permanecerá bajo la influencia del BCE durante mucho tiempo.
Nota:
M3 es una medida de la oferta monetaria que incluye divisas en circulación, como monedas y efectivo, depósitos a la vista como cuentas corrientes, depósitos de ahorro y certificados de depósito, y acuerdos de recompra que no vencen durante días o semanas.
Wisdom Tree
The Federal Reserve (the Fed), has taken unprecedented measures during the current Covid-19 crisis, but many market participants are currently asking, ‘could it go one step further and engage in yield curve management?’.
Wisdom Tree
The Federal Reserve (the Fed), has taken unprecedented measures during the current Covid-19 crisis, but many market participants are currently asking, ‘could it go one step further and engage in yield curve management?’.
The released minutes from the most recent[1] Federal Open Market Committee[2] (FOMC) meeting has indicated that FOMC members are generally supportive of data-based forward guidance methods but continue to question the feasibility of yield curve control (YCC).
While there are benefits to YCC, one cannot ignore the significant cost implications. It is likely that the Fed, along with other central banks are studying the implications very carefully before deciding whether to use such a tool.
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) forged the path to YCC as a policy tool back in 2016 and participated in this methodology to circumvent significant rate declines. After moving policy rates into negative territory in January 2016, the Japanese government bond (JGBs) yield curve exhibited a downward shift across the full curve with 10-year JGBs offering -0.12% and 30-year JGBs offering 0.32% on June 2016. This eventually led to the BoJ introducing YCC as a policy tool incorporating a 0% target yield for 10-year government bonds and -0.1% in the short end of the yield curve.
As a policy tool, YCC helped lower the yields at which corporates could borrow given that JGB yields were esstentially anchored at lower levels. While the BoJ has somewhat managed to apply YCC to meet its target, the size of the Japanese government bond market is significantly smaller than the size of the U.S. Treasury market making YCC a more challenging tool for the Fed to undertake over an extended period of time.
Anchoring government bond yields to lower yield levels could lead investors to seek higher yield elsewhere. There is a risk and reward trade off in fixed income whereby higher yields compensate investors for the greater risks associated with a given investment. Therefore, one of the unintended consequences of YCC, or other policy tools aimed at keeping government bond yields lower, could be that investors may allocate a larger portion of their portfolios to riskier assets in order to meet certain return targets.
Higher demand for credit risk has in the past resulted in credit spreads moving lower and corporations being able to borrow in the primary markets at lower rates. In 2019, investors demonstrated strong demand for corporate bond exposures driving the credit spreads for investment grade bonds and high yield bonds lower which lead to both asset classes providing double digit total returns[3].
One of the key consequences that the Fed will likely consider as it navigates discussions around YCC, is that a cap on yields will impact the valuable information that investors obtain from a free trading bond market. There has already been strong criticism from investors on the impact that quantitative easing has had on government bond yields and the shape of the yield curve. While other policy tools currently in use do influence government bond yields, the bond market is still able to function in a manner that allows the Fed and investors to obtain useful information about financial conditions. Therefore, any new policy tool introduced by the Fed will likely at least consider ways to maintain that independence.
Given the already utilised forward guidance tool, the need to use front-end YCC is very much a topic of debate. While the debate amongst FOMC members is still on the cards, the tone seems to be leaning towards the possibility that YCC may not be the most desirable policy tool in the near term.