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Lockdowns and bond yields ease

The end of the lockdown in Victoria is an upside risk to our forecast that consumption will be unchanged in Australia in Q2. Meanwhile, S&P upgraded Australia’s credit rating outlook but that has little implication for Australian bond yields. We expect yields to rise to 2% by the end of the year as the RBA starts to taper its weekly bond purchases in November.

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