China repo, Aussie bank CDS jump (updated)

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Chinese seven day repo markets have eased again today, to 6.5% at last count:

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Australia’s major banks, however, continue to see their CDS spreads rise, up to 132 bps yesterday, the highest since October last year.

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And just to illustrate the perils of reporting dynamic markets, China 7-day repo is now at 10%.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.