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Core FI Hug Tight Ranges, U.S. Tsy Curve Flattens

BOND SUMMARY

T-Notes have inched higher in a modest correction of yesterday's slide seen after the release of FOMC minutes, while sticking to a tight 0-03 range. The contract last trades +0-00+ at 139-12+. Cash curve has bull flattened as regional investors have been happy to fade the steepening/take profit on existing steepener positions after the aforementioned FOMC minutes. Eurodollar futures trade unch. to -0.5 tick through the reds.

  • JGB futures had a brief look under overnight lows, but have recovered since and last trade at 151.90, -5 ticks vs. settlement & already off the earlier session high of 151.93. Cash JGB yields mostly trade a touch cheaper, with only 2s & 10s trading marginally richer. Focus falls on 5-Year JGB supply.
  • In Australia, YM last -0.5 & XM -0.5; the latter failed to test its SYCOM lows despite ebbing lower in early Sydney trade. ACGB yields sit marginally higher across the curve. Bills last seen -1 to +1 tick through the reds. The RBA refrained from bond purchases today.

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