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European Financial CDS - British, Italian and German banks all widened last week. Sberbank of Russia widened another 6 bps last week to 239 bps. 

European Banking Monitor: Taking A Short-Term Breather - w. banks

Sovereign CDS – Italy and Spain tightened last week by 6 and 7 bps, respectively, while France and Japan both widened by 2 bps. The rest of the world's major markets were unchanged. 

European Banking Monitor: Taking A Short-Term Breather - w. sov1

European Banking Monitor: Taking A Short-Term Breather - w.sov2

European Banking Monitor: Taking A Short-Term Breather - w.sov3

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

European Banking Monitor: Taking A Short-Term Breather - w.euribor