Report Industry Investment Rating - The report does not provide an industry investment rating [1][7] Core Viewpoints - After the holiday, the bond market continued to recover because the two reasons for the bond market adjustment in the third quarter had subsided: the deflation repair expectation was fully priced, and there was an expectation of regulatory policy loosening [6][9] - From the perspective of institutional behavior, if only the trading desks shift from defense to offense without the cooperation of allocation desks, the bond market recovery will not be significant. Last week, while the funding rate and Treasury bond rate both declined, the certificate of deposit (CD) rate rebounded from a low level, which is indicative of bank behavior and worthy of attention [6][9] - After the holiday, the issuance of CDs by various banks showed a simultaneous increase in volume and price, which may be due to two reasons: First, joint - stock banks and city commercial banks are more eager to catch up on CD issuance progress as their cumulative issuance scale is lower. Second, banks are pessimistic about their fourth - quarter asset - liability relationship, and large - scale banks are more likely to face this pressure [6][9] - If the first reason dominates, the CD issuance will be sensitive to the issuance price, and the primary market will shift from an increase in both volume and price to an increase in volume with stable or decreasing prices. If the second reason dominates, the CD issuance will be insensitive to the price, and the increase in both volume and price in the primary market will continue [6][10] - If the second situation dominates, it means that banks face significant asset - liability pressure, and their willingness to allocate bonds will not increase significantly, which will also affect the bond market recovery. Therefore, it is recommended to focus on the interest rate changes in the CD market. If the central bank strengthens its monetary policy to help solve banks' liability problems, bond yields are expected to decline more rapidly [6][10] Summary by Directory 1. Bond Market Weekly Viewpoint: Focus on CD Interest Rate Changes - The bond market continued to recover after the holiday due to the subsiding of the two factors causing the third - quarter adjustment. The analysis can refer to the previous report "The bond market will turn around in the fourth quarter, but it won't be an overnight success" [9] - The rebound of CD rates last week while other rates declined is worthy of attention as it reflects bank behavior [9] - The two possible reasons for the increase in CD issuance volume and price after the holiday are related to catching up on issuance progress and pessimistic asset - liability expectations [9] 2. This Week's Focus in the Fixed - Income Market: Interest - Bearing Bond Supply Reaches a High 2.1 Pay Attention to September Economic Data - This week, China will release September economic data and October LPR, while the US will release September seasonally - adjusted CPI and October University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index [16][17] 2.2 This Week's Interest - Bearing Bond Issuance Reaches around One Trillion - This week, the issuance scale of interest - bearing bonds is seasonally rising and is at a relatively high level compared to the same period in previous years, with a total issuance of about 1.0852 trillion yuan expected [17] - Treasury bonds: Four key - term general Treasury bonds with terms of 3, 5, 7, and 10 years are planned to be issued, with scales of 127 billion, 129 billion, 118 billion, and 149 billion yuan respectively. Three discount Treasury bonds with terms of 91, 91, and 182 days are also planned. The total Treasury bond issuance is expected to be around 688 billion yuan [18] - Local bonds: 79 local bonds are planned to be issued, with a total scale of 247.2 billion yuan, including new general bonds, new special bonds, refinancing general bonds, and refinancing special bonds [18][20] - Policy - bank financial bonds: The issuance is expected to be around 150 billion yuan [18] 3. Interest - Bearing Bond Review and Outlook: Narrowing of Term Spreads 3.1 Open - Market Operations Maintain Net Withdrawal - Reverse repurchases had a large - scale maturity, and open - market operations continued to have a net withdrawal. Last week, the net reverse - repurchase injection was 673.1 billion yuan, with a maturity volume remaining at a high level of around one trillion yuan. After a net withdrawal of 347.9 billion yuan from reverse - repurchases and a 150 - billion - yuan maturity of Treasury - deposit placements, the total net withdrawal from open - market operations was 497.9 billion yuan [21][22] - Funding rates mostly rebounded from a low level but remained in a loose range. The repurchase trading volume generally showed an upward trend, with a weekly average of over 8 trillion yuan, and the average overnight share was around 89.6%. In terms of price, funding rates rose from a low level and then declined, generally remaining stable [22] - CD issuance pressure increased, and secondary - market rates rebounded from a low level. From October 13th to October 19th, the issuance scale was 729.5 billion yuan (an increase of 513.6 billion yuan from the previous week), the maturity scale was 504.9 billion yuan (an increase of 369.9 billion yuan from the previous week), and the net financing was 224.7 billion yuan (an increase of 143.6 billion yuan from the previous week) [28] 3.2 Bond Market Sentiment Recovers - Last week, the bond market fluctuated around the expectation of Sino - US trade frictions. Coupled with the weakening of the equity market and lower - than - expected price and financial data, all were positive for the bond market recovery. The market's expectation of the subsequent issuance of new 30 - year Treasury bonds drove the narrowing of the spread between new and old bonds [42] - Finally, the yields of the 10 - year Treasury bond and the active - issue policy - bank bond changed by 0.4bp and - 2.1bp respectively to 1.75% and 1.91%. In terms of yields, term spreads narrowed, and long - end rates mostly declined [42] 4. High - Frequency Data: Weakening of Commercial Housing Transaction Data - On the production side, the operating rates were divergent. The blast - furnace operating rate remained flat at 84.3%, the semi - steel tire operating rate increased from 46.5% to 72.7%, the PTA operating rate decreased from 77.8% to 75.6%, and the asphalt operating rate increased from 34.5% to 35.8%. The year - on - year decline in the average daily crude - steel output in early October narrowed to - 3.5% [53] - On the demand side, the year - on - year growth rates of passenger - car manufacturers' wholesale and retail improved. In the week of October 12th, the year - on - year changes in manufacturers' wholesale and retail were - 0.5% and 6.7% respectively, an improvement from - 21% and - 18% in the previous week. The year - on - year growth rate of commercial housing transaction area weakened again. In the week of October 12th, the land premium rate in 100 large - and medium - sized cities declined, and the year - on - year growth rate of land transaction area was significantly negative. The sales area of commercial housing in 30 large - and medium - sized cities remained at a low level, and the year - on - year growth rate declined to a low of - 42%. In terms of export indices, the SCFI and CCFI composite indices changed by 12.9% and - 4.1% respectively [53] - On the price side, crude - oil prices continued to decline, copper and aluminum prices decreased, coal prices were divergent, the building - materials composite price index decreased, the cement and glass indices declined, rebar production decreased, inventory remained volatile at 4.56 million tons, and the futures price changed by - 2%. In the downstream consumption sector, vegetable, fruit, and pork prices changed by 2.4%, 0.3%, and - 3.9% respectively [54]