Citi on oil price risks and bond market reaction (with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld)

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Citi on oil price risks and bond market reaction (with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld)

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If one doesn't come up, the outcome is really bad. So if you're looking at a bullcase for oil, we're talking about $200 a barrel of oil. This is presented as a tail-risk scenario if peace talks fail within 2-4 weeks.

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frequent wrong calls with noticeable losses

3/4/2026 9:38:13 PM	medium term down	20 days later	+11.49%	-11.49%
1/14/2026 9:07:22 PM	short term up	5 days later	+1.94%	+1.94%
10/22/2025 9:54:16 PM	short term cautious down	5 days later	-2.65%	+1.33%

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Discusses conflicting forces: stagflationary environment could hurt economy and lead to Fed cuts (bullish for bonds), but fiscal worries and inflation could challenge the front end. No clear net directional call for yields overall, suggesting a complex, uncertain near-term path.

Asks if low VIX means the worst is behind us.

Romaine Bostick
Rob Rauh

News is encouraging but not out of the woods; market is in wait-and-see mode. Yields still elevated.

Citi commodities assigns 50% probability to a solution in 2-4 weeks. Without it, outcome is really bad: $200 oil, losing 7-10% of global production, ~2% GDP impact.
Asks when high oil prices would show up in corporate bottom lines.

Romaine Bostick
Rob Rauh

Second quarter, especially second half, if sustained above $120. Citi's base case was $120 for the conflict. Already cut global GDP to 2.7%.

If oil stays north of $120 into second half, it becomes very serious and potentially recessionary, especially with headline inflation above 4%.
Asks what an economic slowdown means for bond investors.

Katie Greifeld
Rob Rauh

10-year Treasuries didn't act as a risk-off asset this time due to headline inflation and fiscal problems. Front end of curve could rally if labor market hurt and Fed cuts (Citi expects cuts starting September).

In a stagflationary environment hurting the resilient economy, yields on front/intermediate curve could rally.
Asks what environment wouldn't favor cash (front end).

Katie Greifeld
Rob Rauh

A fiscal worry environment where government balance sheets and deficits go up significantly would challenge the front end.

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