FI Support Evaporates Amid Late Month End Selling

Trading higher for much of the session, Tsys extended session lows into the close, bids scarce in month end trade, yield curves bear steepening off deeper inverted lows in early trade (2s10 +1.044 at -40.259 vs. -49.174 low).

• Mixed early data reacts has rates holding inside session' range. Fast two-way trade saw Tsys and equities extended lows as inflation metric remains hot: Core PCE 0.6% MoM vs. 0.5% est, 4.9% YoY, unrounded +0.562%.
• Knee jerk bid in 10s before support evaporated after midmorning Chicago PMI came out lower than expected - contractionary w/ sub-50 business barometer read of 45.7 vs. 52.2 in August. The 6.5pt slide to 45.7 in the Chicago PMI, which has closely tracked recent ISM movements, adds support for a sub-50 ISM reading, contrary to consensus for a decline from 52.8 to 52.4 for Monday's report.
• Technical view for TYZ2 at 112-18 (+3.5): Treasuries remain vulnerable and short-term gains are considered corrective. Recent weakness has reinforced current bearish trend conditions w/ price sequence of lower lows and lower highs and bearish moving average studies clearly highlight the market's sentiment. The focus is on 109-20, a lower moving average band value. Initial resistance is 112-30+, the Sep 23 high.
• Late cross-asset snapshot: stocks near late session lows on same month-end positioning, SPX eminis -37.25 at 3617.00, Gold firmer +0.61 at 1661.15, Crude paring midweek gains w/ WTI -1.40 at 79.83, US$ index -.030 at 112.224 (while GBP sits at 1.1155 after tapping 1.1234 high).