In today’s briefing:
- Lucror Analytics – Morning Views Asia

Lucror Analytics – Morning Views Asia
- In today’s Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Country Garden, Softbank Group, Xiaomi Corp, Sunny Optical
- UST yields declined 2-3 bps across the curve yesterday, with limited catalysts on the macro front and amid a sell-off in equities. The yield on the 2Y UST fell 2 bps to 3.75%, while the yield on the 10Y UST declined 3 bps to 4.31%. Equities retreated, driven by a sell-off in tech stocks. The S&P 500 declined 0.6% to 6,411, while the Nasdaq slumped 1.5% to 21,315.
- In the US, July housing starts rose 5.2% m-o-m (-1.8% e / 5.9% p) to an annualised 1.43 mn units. That said, the July (preliminary) building permits fell 2.8% m-o-m (-0.5% e / -0.1% p) to an annualised 1.35 mn units.
