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 - The most recent week saw swaps widen nominally in Europe's banking system, but the bigger takeaway remains the still-substantial tightening on a m/m basis. 

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Sovereign CDS – Sovereign swaps mostly tightened last week with the exception of Japan where they rose 2 bps. Portuguese sovereign swaps tightened by -7.6% (-22 bps to 269 ) and U.S. sovereign swaps were unchanged. Overall, the trend of ongoing improvement in European sovereign risk profiles continues.

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Euribor-OIS Spread – The Euribor-OIS spread was essentially unchanged at 12 bps last week. 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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Matthew Hedrick

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