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Green Budget: Funding Issues and Debt Management January 30 th 2008. David Miles, Chief UK Economist David.Miles@morganstanley.com Laurence Mutkin, Head of European Interest Rate Strategy Laurence.Mutkin@morganstanley.com.
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Green Budget: Funding Issues and Debt ManagementJanuary 30th 2008 David Miles, Chief UK Economist David.Miles@morganstanley.com Laurence Mutkin, Head of European Interest Rate Strategy Laurence.Mutkin@morganstanley.com Morgan Stanley does and seeks to do business with companies covered in its research reports. As a result, investors should be aware that the firm may have a conflict of interest that could affect the objectivity of this report. Investors should consider this report as only a single factor in making their investment decision.Please see important disclosures at the end of this report.
Summary • Government is again likely to borrow more than forecast. But the gilt issuance environment is still favourable as yields are very low. • Yields on shorter dated gilts have fallen a lot. Issuance could now be less skewed towards longer dated bonds. • One factor behind such low gilt yields is the “credit-crunch” – which, if it continues, poses significant difficulties for mortgage lenders. • Mortgages where repayments are linked to consumer or house prices could be attractive and commercially viable.
Table 6.5. Gilt issuance and gilt yields Gross (Net) 15 - year 15 - year issuance (£bn) nominal yield real yield 2001 – 02 14 ( – 5) 4.86% 2.37% 2002 – 03 26 (9) 4.71% 2. 21% 2003 – 04 50 (29) 4.70% 2.04% 2004 – 05 50 (35) 4.57% 1.78% 2005 – 06 52 (38) 4.24% 1.44% 2006 – 07 63 (32) 4.41% 1.37% 2007 – 08 58 (29) 4. 75 % 1.5 0 % 28 Jan 2008 4.5% 1.0% Notes: 15 - year real and nominal yields are funding year averages of Bank of England estimated spot yields. 2007 – 08 estimates are calculated using spot yields up until 11 January 2008. Sources: Bank of England; Debt Management Office.
6% Average long-term real interest rates 5% Long-term average (1700-2006) 4% 3% Real yield 2% 1% 0% 1700- 1750- 1800- 1850- 1900- 1960- 1970- 1980- 1990- 2000- 2006 2007 1749 1799 1849 1899 1939 1969 1979 1989 1999 2005 Figure 6.4. Long term real interest rates on UK conventional debt Notes: Nominal 2.5% consol rate less long - term inflation expectations. 1940 – 59 is omitted from the graph [but not from the long - run average, which otherwise would rise further to just under 3.6%] because rationing during this period made price data unreliable, leading to a ne gative real long - term interest rate. Source: Morgan Stanley Research. Estimates of real yields are based on the nominal yield on consols net of a measure of expected inflation over the coming 10 years. For a detailed description of the method used to const ruct the real yields, see D. Miles, M. Baker and V. Pillonca, ‘Where should long - term interest rates be today? A 300 year view’, Morgan Stanley Research, March 2005.
Table 6.6. Breakdown of gilt issuance by maturity and type Conventional Other % Total 0 – 7 7 – 15 15+ Floating Undated Index - years years years linked 72.5 2000 – 01 38.9 16.1 17.4 1.1 1.1 25.3 73.2 2001 – 02 36.7 17.0 19.5 0.0 1.2 25.6 72.2 2002 – 03 35.6 17.7 19.0 0.0 1.1 26.7 73.9 2003 – 04 34.3 18.6 21.0 0.0 1.0 25.1 74. 3 2004 – 05 37.2 14.1 23.0 0.0 0.8 24.8 73.5 2005 – 06 32.8 15.4 25.2 0.0 0.7 25.8 72 2006 – 07 28 19 25 0.0 1 27 74.3 2007 – 08 17.2 17.1 40.0 0.0 0.0 25.7 Notes: Floating - rate gilts have coupons set in line with short - term interest rates. The redemption of undated gilts is at the discretion of the government. Source: Debt Management Office.
Figure 6.9 The Gilt yield curve 6.0 UK 2Y UK 30Y 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 Jan-05 Jul-05 Jan-06 Jul-06 Jan-07 Jul-07 Jan-08 60.0 40.0 UK 30Y-2Y 20.0 0.0 -20.0 -40.0 -60.0 -80.0 -100.0 -120.0 -140.0 Jan-05 Jul-05 Jan-06 Jul-06 Jan-07 Jul-07 Jan-08 Source Morgan Stanley
4.5 UK 30Y BEI 4.0 UK 30Y Real Yield 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 Jan-97 Jul-98 Jan-00 Jul-01 Jan-03 Jul-04 Jan-06 Jul-07 Figure 6.10 30-year Index Linked real yield and Break Even Inflation (BEI) Source Bloomberg
The design and funding of mortgages poses several policy issues • In the short-term, problems in the wholesale funding markets for lenders are creating strains • There is a longer standing set of issues about the types of mortgage lending in the UK • The advantages of index-linked mortgages could be substantial
Table 6.8 Bank Securitisation of Mortgage Loans Total mortgage loans outstanding Securitised Securitised 2006 (£bn) (£bn) (%) HBOS 219.0 72.7 33 Abbey 101.7 29.1 29 Lloyds TSB 95.3 14.9 16 Northern Rock 77.3 47.2 61 RBS 69.7 15.7 23 Barclay s 61.7 12.6 20 HSBC 37.4 3.7 10 Alliance & Leicester 38.0 3.4 9 Bradford & Bingley 31.1 6.7 22 Total 731.2 206.0 28 Source: Company data, Morgan Stanley Research