Below are key European banking risk monitors, which are included as part of Josh Steiner and the Financial team's "Monday Morning Risk Monitor". If you'd like to receive the work of the Financials team or request a trial please email .
Key Takeaways:
*European Bank CDS: The Eurozone officially moved into recession last week. Preliminary Q3 GDP contracted by 0.1% QoQ following a 0.2% contraction in Q2. In response, EU bank swaps widened WoW on concern around deteriorating fundamentals in Europe. Despite Draghi's pledge to do "Whatever It Takes", it seems that risk is creeping back into the markets. Along with swaps widening at the bank and sovereign levels, both Euribor-OIS and the TED spread have stopped their march downward and are now slowly pushing higher. For reference, this is the third consecutive week that the Euribor-OIS has risen WoW.
On OMTs Reporting: The ECB has stated that Aggregate Outright Monetary Transaction holdings and their market values will be published on a weekly basis and the average duration of Outright Monetary Transaction holdings and the breakdown by country will take place on a monthly basis. There is no indication that the OMTs has been initiated to date.
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European Financials CDS Monitor – French banks continue to widen on the news that Europe is officially back in recession. BNP and Credit Agricole were wider WoW, bringing their MoM changes to +44 and +35 bps. Soc Gen was flat WoW, but is up a similar +42 bps MoM. Italian banks are also notably wider MoM.
Euribor-OIS spread – The Euribor-OIS spread widened by less than a basis point to 12 bps. This series has been moving essentially sideways for the last month. The Euribor-OIS spread (the difference between the euro interbank lending rate and overnight indexed swaps) measures bank counterparty risk in the Eurozone. The OIS is analogous to the effective Fed Funds rate in the United States. Banks lending at the OIS do not swap principal, so counterparty risk in the OIS is minimal. By contrast, the Euribor rate is the rate offered for unsecured interbank lending. Thus, the spread between the two isolates counterparty risk.
ECB Liquidity Recourse to the Deposit Facility – In a positive sign for the stability of the EU Banking System, the ECB Liquidity Deposits continued to decline in the latest week. The ECB Liquidity Recourse to the Deposit Facility measures banks’ overnight deposits with the ECB. Taken in conjunction with excess reserves, the ECB deposit facility measures excess liquidity in the Euro banking system. An increase in this metric shows that banks are borrowing from the ECB. In other words, the deposit facility measures one element of the ECB response to the crisis.
