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US TSY FLOWS
US TSY FLOWS: Rates well bid all session with Tsys extending highs after the
bell, late risk-off with equities selling off through the second half, near lows
into the close (emini -39.0, DJIA -353.5, NDX -244.71). Ongoing factors at play:
- Virus count: CA +2.9% vs. +2.5% 7D avg, total US case count >4M and accounts
for appr 25% worldwide cases. 
- US/China tension: certainly not going to cool geopol tensions down: "U.S.
CHARGES RESEARCHERS FOR CHINA, THREE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED" Bbg "FBI PROBES VISA
HOLDERS SUSPECTED OF TIES WITH CHINESE MILITARY" Bbg.
- CARES Act uncertainty, while bipartisan support exists, question whether it
will pass Trump without the payroll tax cut?
- Session flow on light volume included two-way in 2s-5s, prop acct joined
continued real$ buying in 10s-30s.
- The 2-Yr yield is up 0bps at 0.1493%, 5-Yr is down 0.8bps at 0.2659%, 10-Yr is
down 1.6bps at 0.5807%, and 30-Yr is down 5.1bps at 1.2424%.

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