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Curve Steepens, Corporate Issuance Limits Moves In NY Session

US TSYS

TYM3 deals at 111-21, +0-01+, in line with levels seen late in the NY session

  • Cash Tsys finished flat to 4bp richer across the major benchmarks, the curve steepened.
  • Tsys firmed to session highs after the largest fall in Durable Good Orders since April 2020. Technical buying as TU moved off contract lows helped Tsys find a base pre-data.
  • Strong Pending Home Sales print saw gains capped.
  • A brisk pace of corporate issuance saw two way hedging across the curve limiting follow through in moves and Tsys respected narrow ranges late in the session.
  • Fedspeak Fed Governor Jefferson defended the bank's 2% inflation target, noting a change could destabilise well-anchored inflation expectations, while highlighting the central bank's commitment to returning inflation to target.
  • Retail Sales data from Australia provides the highlight in Asia-Pac. Further out we have Wholesale Inventories, and MNI Chicago PMI. Fedspeak from Chicago Fed President Goolsbee will also cross.

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