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Euro-zone bond markets and the French election

Even if incumbent President Macron wins France’s upcoming presidential election, we expect that the yields of French government bonds will rise further, and that the yield spreads of euro-zone “periphery” bonds to German bunds will widen as the ECB tightens its policy stance.

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