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Knee-jerk sell-off in Tsys w/Q1 GDP....>

US TSY FLOWS
US TSY FLOWS: Knee-jerk sell-off in Tsys w/Q1 GDP much better than expected at
+3.2 -- BUT little deceptive w/Inventories adding .65, everything was a touch
better: Real domestic demand +1.4, Consumer spending +1.2, Core PCE lower 1.3. 
- Post data flow had prop and fast$ buying the dip. Bank and real$ buying
intermediates to long end as the long end blew past late overnight highs.
- May Tsy options expired, generating some cross-current flow. Salient trade in
short end was massive -100k FFN sale at 97.635 (+0.035), knocked out bid as it
traded down to 97.62. The $500B notional ($5M for 1 contract) trade far and away
lead volume on the day (299k in late trade) as it blew past open interest of
225k coming into the session.
- On tap for Monday: March personal income; current dollar Personal Consumption
Exps', total and core PCE indexes; Dallas Fed manufacturing index for April; 13-
and 26W bill auctions. FOMC begins 2 day FOMC on Tuesday
- The 2-Yr yield is down 4.6bps at 2.2861%, 5-Yr is down 3.7bps at 2.2932%,
10-Yr is down 2.9bps at 2.5036%, and 30-Yr is down 1.6bps at 2.9257%.

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