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 sovereign swaps were largely uneventful last week with the only notable move coming from Portugal, tightening by 17 bps, and the Euribor-OIS spread was essentially unchanged at 13 bps last week.

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European Financial CDS - European bank swaps were modestly wider last week. Societe Generale widened by 14 bps to 202 bps, while Banco Popolare widened 38 bps to 592 bps.

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Sovereign CDS – European sovereign swaps were largely uneventful last week with the only notable move coming from Portugal, tightening by 17 bps. 

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Euribor-OIS Spread – The Euribor-OIS spread was essentially unchanged at 13 bps last week. 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. 

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ECB Liquidity Recourse to the Deposit Facility – Deposits were lower by 4.8bn Euros last 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.

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Matthew Hedrick

Senior Analyst