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BOND SUMMARY: Core FI have faded a touch, with participants on the lookout for

any fallout from the Jackson Hole symposium, which kicked off earlier today.

Elsewhere, familiar global trade & geopolitical themes remain in play.

- T-Notes last trade -0-02+ at 130-07, with cash Tsy yields sitting slightly

higher across the curve. Eurodollars trade unch. to 1.5 tick through the reds.

- JGB futures trade 9 ticks shy of settlement, at 154.89. Japanese yield curve

runs slightly steeper. Local CPI numbers were released today. Headline CPI

slowed to +0.5% Y/Y, undershooting market exp., while the BoJ-targeted core

metric remained at +0.6% Y/Y, in line with MNI median. BoJ 1-10 Year Rinban ops

provide the remaining highlight of today's session.

- Aussie bond futures edged away from lows before fading after comments from

across the Tasman Sea. RBNZ Gov Orr said that his MPC is in the position to

"wait, watch and observe what's happening" and will "assess the situation in

November." YM last -3.0, XM -5.0; cash yield curve has bear steepened, yields

sit 2.9-5.3bp higher. Bills last seen 1-4 ticks worse off through the reds. RBA

Gov Lowe will speak in Jackson Hole on Saturday.