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Fed Gov Waller: May Need More Than Taper in 2022

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The week opener support for bonds was nowhere to be seen Tuesday, yield curves rebounding (5s30s still below 100.0 at 93.13) with the long end near late session lows (30YY +0.0547 to 2.0883%) after the closing bell; equities continuing to make new highs for the month: ESZ1 +31.5 at 4509.0.
  • Surprising little react to late session Fed Gov Waller statement: more than tapering may be needed in 2022 though intermediate-long end rates held lows.
  • Early buying: Tsy futures climbed off pre-data lows after Sep housing starts data comes out lower than estimated (1.555M vs. 1.613M est) with fast$ and program buying lows. Short end rates continued to outperform throughout the session while bonds drifted steadily lower.
  • Contributing flow: Large 2s10s steepener Block: +20,790 TUZ1 109-23.87 now, post-time offer at 1000:37ET vs. -10,687 TYZ1 130-20, sell through 130-22 post-time bid (DV01 on steepener appr $875k).
  • BLOCK, Conditional 10s30s Near Curve Steepener: -8,576 TYZ 131 puts, 57 post-time bid vs. +7,500 USZ 157 puts, 108 post-time offer -- adjusting for delta the NOB spd very near CME's 5:2 inter-commodity ratio.
  • Corporate and supra sovereign debt issuance continued: $5.8B Thermo Fisher 5pt and $4B China 4pt generated some two-way hedging.
  • By the close, 2-Yr yield is down 3.6bps at 0.3892%, 5-Yr is down 1.6bps at 1.1537%, 10-Yr is up 3bps at 1.6301%, and 30-Yr is up 5bps at 2.084%.

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