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US TSYS: Friday's Asia-Pac session saw early Coronavirus case count headlines
re: the quarantined Japanese ferry cross, which put a bid into the space,
T-Notes +0-02+ at 130-20+, shy of session highs as we approach European hours,
with yields 0.8-1.3bp lower across the curve. Participants still await the
release of the monthly Chinese trade data (which is a little late by all
accounts, despite having no fixed time for release), but it has really been a
typical pre-NFP Asia-Pac session. Elsewhere, Fed's Quarles noted that the Fed
should consider operating with a slimmer ample reserves framework by adjusting
other rules to improve market. "It is reasonable that we ask ourselves whether
it may be possible to operate with a lower level of reserves and remain
consistent with the ample framework," Quarles told the Money Marketeers of NYU.
He also noted that the current stance of MonPol is appropriate.
- Eurdollar futures print 0.5-1.5 ticks higher through the reds. There was some
modest activity in the EDM0 98.500/98.625/98.750 call fly in Asia, but it was
hard to be certain of direction. NFPs and the release of the Fed's semi-annual
MonPol report to Congress headline the local docket on Friday.
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com

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