The investors digested comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the Economic Club of Washington about how long the central bank may need to tame inflation. Powell said significant declines in inflation should be seen by 2023. However, cutting rates will not happen anytime soon, given the Fed’s 2% inflation target and the strong US jobs report last Friday. Market participants began to settle in as FFR futures peaked at 5.12% in the summer and later declined to 4.785% by December. The Treasury curve, a recession harbinger when yields on two-year notes are higher than 10-year notes, remained inverted at -79.2 basis points. Benchmark government bond yields crept higher, with the 10-year German Bund trading at 2.361%, compared with less than 2% three weeks ago, and the US 10-year Treasury yield benchmark stands at 3.687%. From the Australian continent, the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its interest rates by 25 bps as expected, placing their benchmark interest rate at 3.35%, a decade high.

Corporate News
WSBP Holds a RUPO. PT Waskita Beton Precast Tbk or WSBP awaits approval from the General Meeting of Bondholders (RUPO) to make an addendum to the trustee agreement (PWA) for PUB I Phase I and II Bonds. The RUPO approval, which will be held on February 15, 2023, is the most crucial factor in lifting the suspension. On the other hand, Pefindo recently upgraded the rating for WSBP’s corporate, Phase I, and Phase II Bonds from idD (default) to idB with a Stable Outlook. (Emiten News)

Domestic Issue
The auction of the Government’s Sharia Securities (SBSN) or state sukuk has successfully reached the target. The positive bond market in the country still supports sukuk sales this time. The total incoming bid amounted to IDR26.26 trillion at Tuesday’s sukuk auction (7/2). Thereof, the winning bid amounted to IDR14 trillion or following the indicative value targeted by the government. Additionally, in line with conventional bonds, investors continue to choose the medium tenors, 5 years-10 years, to get a better yield. (Kontan)

Recommendation
ID10YT yield broke the upper channel (downtrend) Resistance, therefore, ending its short-term downtrend and opening up opportunities for the formation of an early stage Uptrend; while MA10 & MA20 are also ready to become goldencross. Furthermore, if the yield is able to break MA50 / 6.83, it has the potential to continue heading north, to the TARGET sequence: 7.0 / 7.06 / close GAP 7.20 / 7.26. ADVISE: Average Up accordingly, especially after breaking MA50 / 6.83. US10YT is steady going towards a TARGET yield of 3.77, yet considered reasonable to meet the medium term Resistance around 3.65-3.60 yesterday. If a pullback occurs at this point, then the closest Support is the MA50 / 3.59-3.6 area; however, if the yield chooses to break Resistance 3.69-3.7 then ADVISE: Average Up is possible.

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