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Market Update Tsys trading sharply higher, catch up mode with EGBs after yesterday’s US mkt close, risk off tone as Italy elections loom, US 10Y thru 2.90% , 2.87% (-6.4bps). Italy 2Y yields jumped 152bps the largest one day chg on record, now 2.23% vs -0.30% on May 1st. Core EGBs seeing FTQ bid, German 10Y yield 0.29% (-5bps), a six month low. S&P futures -18pts, gold firmer, crude another 1.3% lower @ 66.96. GOCs higher, 2bps wider vs tsys, 10Y 2.275%, ~3bps narrower on the curve as 10s have led the rally , 15bps tighter since last week vs 2s30s, while 10s30s @5bps from flat last week. Provis ~5bps wider vs Friday’s cls, Ont 28s 70/69 from 66 on Friday. Ont 48/27 crv narrowing from ~15bps last week, trading up @12.7 this morn – more supply (10Y Ont, QC) expected going into month end cpn payment/extension. Data calendar picks up with BOC decision tomorrow (15% prob of hike, 55% for July from 72% last week), March GDP Thursday.  

News headlines

Italy Could Lose Irreplaceable Asset of Trust, Visco Says (Bloomberg) Italy is always just a few steps away from the “very serious risk of losing the irreplaceable asset of trust,” Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco said as a political crisis in the euro area’s third-largest economy sent debt yields soaring and bank shares tumbling. While European rules can be debated, criticized and improved, Italy cannot disregard constitutional constraints that protect savings, balance accounts and ensure the respect of international treaties, Visco said at the central bank’s annual meeting in Rome on Tuesday. “Italy’s destiny is that of Europe.”

Saudis, Kuwait, U.A.E. Plan Saturday Meeting on OPEC (Bloomberg) Energy ministers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait plan to meet on Saturday to discuss OPEC matters, about a week after the Saudis and Russia announced a new policy to revive oil production. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih will meet with Kuwait’s Bakheet Al-Rashidi and the U.A.E.’s Suhail Al Mazrouei — also the holder of OPEC’s rotating presidency — in Kuwait City, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. Oman’s Oil Minister Mohammed Al Rumhi may join, they said.

Italy Woes Rock Global Assets as Traders Dump Risk: Markets Wrap (Bloomberg) The escalating political crisis in Italy engulfed markets on Tuesday, triggering risk-off moves and a flight to safety worldwide. Treasuries rallied with core European debt as gold and the yen gained, while Italian bonds plunged and the euro retreated. The benchmark U.S. bond yield briefly dipped below 2.8 percent, while the yield on 10-year gilts and bunds also tumbled. American equity futures retreated alongside the Stoxx Europe 600 Index. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell as shares of iPhone screen makers slumped on a report that Apple Inc. is shifting to next-generation technology. The Topix index posted its longest losing streak since September 2016 as Japan’s currency jumped.

Trump says top North Korean official headed to New York to discuss summit (Reuters) A senior North Korean official is headed to New York to discuss an upcoming summit, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, the latest indication that an on-again-off-again meeting between Trump and North Korea’s leader may go ahead next month. “We have put a great team together for our talks with North Korea. Meetings are currently taking place concerning Summit, and more. Kim Young Chol, the Vice Chairman of North Korea, heading now to New York. Solid response to my letter, thank you!” Trump said in a Twitter post.

Ontario polls shift to left in two-way race to replace Liberals (Reuters) The left-leaning New Democrats have gained ground in Canada’s most populous province, Ontario, ahead of a June 7 provincial election, according to opinion polls, setting up a two-way race with the right-leaning Progressive Conservatives to take power. While plain-spoken populist Doug Ford looked set to lead the PCs to victory in Ontario when the campaign began nearly three weeks ago, momentum in the fight to unseat Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne has shifted to the left.

TSX futures mirror global stocks fall (Reuters) Futures prices pointed to a lower opening for Canada’s main stock index on Tuesday following a sell-off in global equities triggered by a worsening Italian political crisis. Investors fear that repeat elections – which now seem inevitable in Italy – may become a de facto referendum on Italian membership of the currency bloc and the country’s role in the European Union

Feds said ‘increasingly likely’ to buy Trans Mountain pipeline (BNN) Canada is likely to buy Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline and its controversial expansion project in a bid to ensure it gets built amid fierce opposition, according to a person familiar with the talks. Buying the pipeline outright has become increasingly likely and is now the most probable option for the Canadian government, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the discussions are private. The deal, a value for which hasn’t been publicly reported, will be announced as soon as Tuesday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet is due to meet in Ottawa.

Scotiabank tops Q2 expectations on strong international earnings (BNN) Scotiabank reported a nearly four cent jump in profit in the latest quarter, beating market expectations with a boost from its international operations in Latin America. The bank said Tuesday it earned $2.04 billion in net income attributable to common shareholders for its second quarter, up 3.9 per cent from $1.97 billion a year ago.

Overnight markets

Overview: US 10yr note futures are up 0.417% at 120-12, S&P 500 futures are down -0.67% at 2700, Crude oil futures are down -1.31% at $66.99, Gold futures are down -0.2% at $1306.4, DXY is up 0.4% at 94.797, CAD/USD is up 0.26% at 0.7675. 

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Market Update With the US mkt closed for holiday, risk off tone from Italian upheaval reflected in bid tone in German bunds, 10Y bund at a six-month low 0.35% (-4.5bps), 28bps lower in just the last ten days. Two year BTP/bund spd 48bps wider, Italy 2Y which yielded -0.32% two weeks ago, now 0.90%. Former Italian IMF official known for fiscal discipline, has been asked to form a new govt after the coalition govt collapsed. Crude oil lower for a fifth day, WTI fell below 66.00, three week low, on prospect of OPEC supply increase. GOCs sharply higher, 10Y 2.315%, ~20bps off the highs of last week 2.52%. 

News headlines

Poloz’s Holding Pattern on Canadian Rates Can’t Last Much Longer (Bloomberg) It’s no longer an issue of if, but when the Bank of Canada raises interest rates. Governor Stephen Poloz heads into a rate decision Wednesday where he’s expected to once again refrain from lifting borrowing costs, even as the economy shows signs of strength and is running up against capacity constraints. It’s a cautious stance driven by a wait-and-see approach to a long list of uncertainties — everything from Nafta to the housing market — rather than any concerns about fundamental economic momentum.

ECB Tests Flavor of Inflation as Big Policy Discussion Looms (Bloomberg) This isn’t the inflation the European Central Bank is looking for — but it is inflation. Figures this week are forecast to show euro-area consumer-price growth could have reached its fastest since early 2017 on the back of more expensive oil and a rebound in travel costs. The cost of crude and a weaker euro are also set to bolster a more significant set of numbers out in June — new ECB projections that will help policy makers determine whether the time has come to scale back asset purchases.

Italian Banks Lead Stock Declines After Government Plan Unravels (Bloomberg) Italian banks led European financial stocks lower as the growing likelihood of new elections shook investor confidence. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA, the habitually-volatile state-rescued bank, led declines with a drop of as much as 7.8 percent. The eight worst performers on the Bloomberg Europe Banks Index were all Italian lenders as of 12:07 p.m., with UniCredit SpA losing almost 4 percent and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA down about 3 percent.

U.S. Stock Futures Rise on Korea Hopes; Oil Slumps: Markets Wrap (Bloomberg) U.S. equity futures followed Asian shares higher on signals an America-North Korea summit is back on track, but risk appetite waned in Europe as Italy’s political outlook darkened. The region’s stocks and common currency both surrendered gains. S&P 500 futures advanced, as did South Korean stocks, after President Donald Trump appeared to confirm that his June meeting with Kim Jong Un was back on. National gauges in Europe turned lower, led by Italy’s benchmark, as populist leaders pulled the plug on their attempt to form a government and the country lurched toward fresh elections. The nation’s bonds tumbled. Oil losses deepened after Saudi Arabia and Russia said they are discussing reviving output.

Canadian Pacific Railway union serves strike notice (Reuters) Union members representing Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd’s (CP) (CP.TO) conductors and locomotive engineers have served a notice to go on strike as early as May 29, according to a union statement released on Saturday. The strike notice comes a day after the union rejected the company’s latest contract offer. “After workers at CP voted to reject the last contract offers, the company is still refusing to negotiate seriously,” the statement said. CP is the country’s second-largest railroad.

Futures little changed amid a dip in oil prices (Reuters) Stock futures pointed to a flat opening for Canada’s main stock index on Monday even as oil prices extended losses as Saudi Arabia and Russia said they may raise output. June futures on the S&P TSX index were down 0.03 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX fell 37.95 points, or 0.24 percent, to 16,075.67 on Friday, its fourth straight decline, as a drop in oil prices weighed on the energy sector.

Oil slips below US$66 as Saudis, Russia hint at supply hike (BNN) Oil in New York headed for its longest run of losses in almost four months as Saudi Arabia and Russia said they are discussing raising output to ease consumer anxiety after prices jumped to levels last seen in 2014. West Texas Intermediate dropped as much as 3.1 per cent, while Brent crude futures traded above US$80 a barrel last week slumped near US$75 in London on Monday. Saudi Arabia and Russia signaled they’ll restore some of the output they cut as part of a deal between OPEC and its allies that took effect in January last year. Potential opposition from several producers could complicate the group’s effort to reach a consensus when it meets next month in Vienna.

Trudeau government says 2017 deficit is in line with projections (BNN) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government released interim results for the 2017 fiscal year that it says shows are “broadly” in line with its deficit projections. The shortfall for the fiscal year ended March 31 came in at $16.2 billion, the Canadian finance department said Friday in Ottawa. Department officials indicated the final numbers, to be released later this year, would be closer to the $19.4 billion deficit projection forecast by the government in its February budget.

Overnight markets

Overview: US 10yr note futures are up 0.261% at 120-06, S&P 500 futures are up 0.17% at 2723, Crude oil futures are down -1.5% at $66.86, Gold futures are down -0.31% at $1304.9, DXY is up 0.07% at 94.318, CAD/USD is up 0.06% at 0.7702.

US Economic Data

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Market Update Tsys trading higher, 10Y 2.95% (-2.5bps), FTQ bid for a third day, yields at a two-week low as equities futures slide, widening in EU peripheral spreads (Ita/Ger 10Y +15 @ 202, Spain/Germ +13). Core Euro bonds  USD index rising since early NA trade close to Wednesday’s high 94.18.  WTI crude sharply lower, (WTI -1.60 @ 69.12) on OPEC news they are looking to boost supply by ending excessive cuts. GOCs opening higher, in line with tsys, the CAD at a two week low following the decline in crude. 

News headlines

Failed Trump-Kim Summit Is a Bitter Lesson for the White House (Bloomberg) A historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un — abruptly agreed to with little plan for how events would unfold — collapsed as the leaders talked past each other on their goals, phone calls weren’t returned and rhetoric turned from hopeful to sour.U.S. officials insist they’re optimistic the meeting will happen, eventually. And North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan said Friday that his country remains willing to meet the U.S. any time.

Trump Levies Would Hit Other Asia Economies Harder Than China’s (Bloomberg) Other Asian economies would suffer more than China’s if Donald Trump does deliver on his threats to slap $150 billion of tariffs on shipments from the world’s biggest trading nation. That’s according to Bloomberg economists Fielding Chen and Tom Orlik, who estimate that for every 10 percent drop in China’s exports, the gross domestic product growth rate of Asian economies would fall 1.1 percentage points on average. China’s would decrease by just 0.3 percentage point.

Iran Wants Oil and Bank Pledges by June After U.S. Deal Exit (Bloomberg) Europe needs to come up with a package of economic guarantees by June to prevent the crisis triggered by Donald Trump’s nuclear deal withdrawal from escalating further, according to a top Iranian official. Iran expects oil exports to remain at current levels, continued access to international finance and the completion of contracts signed with European companies, according to the person, who asked not to be named in line with diplomatic protocol. The official spoke Friday in Vienna ahead of talks with Chinese, French, German, Russian and U.K. diplomats about the fate of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the 2015 accord is formally known.

Stocks Steady as Korea Concerns Cool; Oil Falls: Markets Wrap (Bloomberg) Stocks steadied after North Korea offered a measured response to President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel a summit with that country’s leader, though politics in Europe damped the appetite for risk. The dollar edged higher with U.S. Treasuries, while crude oil extended a decline. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index pared gains, with Spain’s benchmark gauge tumbling as the prospect of a snap election increased. S&P equity-index futures fluctuated between gains and losses after Thursday’s decline in U.S. benchmarks. Core European bonds advanced, while Italy led peripheral debt lower as worries mounted over the leadership there and in Spain. WTI crude dropped below $70 a barrel after a Saudi minister said supply would likely be boosted in the second half.

Two men set off bomb in restaurant in Canada; 15 wounded (Reuters) Two unidentified men walked into a restaurant on Thursday in the Canadian city of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen people, local police said. The blast went off in the Bombay Bhel restaurant at about 10:30 p.m local time. Fifteen people were taken to hospital, three of them with critical injuries, the Peel Regional Paramedic Service said in a Tweet. The two male suspects fled after detonating their improvised explosive device, Peel Regional Police said in a Tweet. No one has claimed responsibility, and the motive for the attack was not known.

Canada PM raps possible U.S. auto tariffs, says linked to NAFTA (Reuters) A move by the United States to explore tariffs on auto imports is based on flimsy logic and is part of the pressure from Washington to renegotiate the NAFTA trade pact, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday. In an interview with Reuters, Trudeau said that while U.S. President Donald Trump had raised the idea of punitive measures, there was no guarantee they will happen. Trudeau also predicted talk of tariffs would likely disappear if slow-moving negotiations to update the North American Free Trade Agreement – currently stuck on autos issues – are successful.

IMF’s Lagarde tells Turkey to ensure central bank independence (BNN) International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde urged the Turkish government to preserve the independence of its central bank after confusion sent the lira sliding. Mixed signals about whether the central bank is free of political interference created a sense of uncertainty among investors, putting the currency under pressure, Lagarde said in an interview with Bloomberg Television in St. Petersburg.

Royal Bank: Canadian businesses borrowing to grow as commercial loan growth tops double digits (BNN) Rod Bolger, chief financial officer at RBC, tells BNN Bloomberg that commercial loan growth was up by double digits as business continue to invest in Canada and that the bank is seeing a strong consumer and healthy real estate market.

Overnight markets

Overview: US 10yr note futures are up 0.157% at 119-22, S&P 500 futures are down -0.23% at 2721.25, Crude oil futures are down -2.26% at $69.11, Gold futures are down -0.05% at $1309.2, DXY is up 0.38% at 94.133, CAD/USD is up 0.57% at 0.7719. 

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Institutional Bond and Equity Desk
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