European Banking Monitor: Onward & Upward

10/21/13 02:05PM EDT

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 .

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European Financial CDS - Europe continues to dazzle. Only two EU financials widened last week, RBS (+1 bp) and Banco Popular (+19 bps). The rest of Europe was notably tighter. This continues a theme that's been in place for some time now. In fact, looking at the MoM trend, the mean/median change in EU financial CDS is tighter by 31/8 bps, respectively. 

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Sovereign CDS – Sovereign swaps were tighter around the globe last week with the sole exception of the US, where swaps were flat at 34 bps. The real takeaway is the MoM change, particularly in Europe. Consistent with our 4Q13 macro theme of #EuroBulls, Portugal, Spain and Italy are tighter MoM by 136 bps, 35 bps and 33 bps, respectively. 

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Euribor-OIS Spread – The Euribor-OIS spread was unchanged last week at 12 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. 

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