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Bund futures FGBLc1 were last 15 ticks higher on the dayat 125.63. Benchmark 10-year yields were down 1.4basis points at 3.007 percent, while the two-year Schatz yielded1.651 percent, 1.8 bps lower on the day.
The Financial Times cited an unnamed financial sector sourceon Tuesday as saying the ECB will accept Greek government bondsas long as not all credit rating agencies rate them as havingdefaulted.
"That's one of the stories that Mr. Trichet will have toclarify at Thursday's meeting. Thursday may be more importantfor the Bunds than (Friday's U.S.) non-farm payrolls this time
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The U.S. jobs report on Friday will give investors freshinsight into the state of the world's largest economy afterrecent data showed the worst of a "soft patch" may be over.
Bonds issued by the euro zone's lower-rated states wereweaker. The Spanish/German 10-year yield spread rose 8 bps on the day to 247 bps, while itsItalian peer widened by 6 bps to 196 bps.
Traders said surveys showing tepid growth in euro zonemanufacturing weighed on those bonds.
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The market has recently been reluctant to price more ECBrate hikes this year beyond July due to uncertainty over howcontagious the Greek debt crisis is.
"They would hike and then they would go back to a moreneutral stance and then if they need to step things up they willdo it at the next meeting
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However, risks are skewed for the ECB to signal moretightening to come this year, with Credit Agricole strategistLuca Jellinek saying there was an "underlying bearish bias,"in the Bund market.
"The market is generally negative (on Bun