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Europe Bank Liquidity Fuels Hedge Fund Rates Bet

Bloomberg Markets •
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Investors are piling into an arbitrage trade in euro money markets as Europe’s financial conditions tighten.

They are betting that two key euro interest-rate benchmarks will rise at different paces and looking to profit from the widening gap.

The Euribor rate, which captures expected borrowing costs, climbs faster when liquidity shrinks than the Euro Short Term Rate, which reflects overnight rates.