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US TSY FUTURES CLOSE
US TSY FUTURES CLOSE: Lower across the board but off session lows after long end
bid disappeared when US$ rebounded late. Late Chicago Fed pres Evans comments at
event in Florida expects strong growth, positive knock-on effect of tax break --
read: more hikes, continued flatter curve but inversion unlikely. Noted earlier,
rate hike probability for March and June on the rise (97% and 68% respectively).
Curves rebounded off lows: 
* 2s10s +1.008, 52.887 (53.623H/50.405L);
* 2s30s -0.515, 80.200 (81.771H/77.169L);
* 5s30s -1.844, 45.359 (47.552H/43.773L); 
Current futures levels:
* Mar Ultra bonds down 12/32 at 164-17 (164-08L/165-21H)
* Mar 30-yr Bond futures down 14/32 at 150-12 (150-06L/151-06H)
* Mar 10-yr futures down 9.5/32 at 122-22 (122-20L/123-02H)
* Mar 5-yr futures down 5.25/32 at 115-10.75 (115-09.5L/115-17.5H)
* Mar 2-yr futures down 1.75/32 at 106-24.5 (106-24.25L/105-26.25H)

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