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A remarkable week for public sector dollar issuance could lead into an even more impressive spell, after the release of hawkish US Federal Reserve minutes moved the 10 year part of the curve tantalisingly close to borrowers’ grasps. Craig McGlashan reports.

There was a steady stream of sterling deals in the supranational and agency market this week, amid confidence that volumes will keep up until the UK’s referendum on European Union membership is imminent.

Export Development Canada is set to join what one SSA banker described as a “ridiculous” dollar market, where issuers are selling in big size and with little or no new issue premiums.

Export Development Canada sold its largest bond in sterling in over two years on Wednesday as investor appetite for the currency showed little sign of abating.

Public sector borrowers are taking advantage of some of the best conditions in the dollar market all year to print jumbo sized deals at the tightest spreads to US Treasuries in months.

World Bank roared into the dollar market on Tuesday with the largest five year benchmark in the currency in over a year, as KfW and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten hit screens with short dated mandates.

Export Development Canada is to print a long four year sterling bond as demand for paper in the currency defied fears of a possible UK's exit from the European Union.

Agencies could be ready to enter the dim sum MTN market which, in contrast with the silent public market, is in good health.

Issuers stormed out of the blocks with a set of deals across the curve this week, with factors including an increase in swap spreads on the short end, a positive feeling towards the US market since Janet Yellen’s statements in March and the start of the Japanese fiscal year all credited.

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With spring finally arriving in London, public sector bankers were warming up for an expected burst of dollar issuance as the second quarter kicks in next week — with a full rainbow of maturities available for the first time since the summer, writes Craig McGlashan.

Read on to discover the funding progress of European supranationals and agencies in 2016 so far.