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Sell-Off Extends With Williams' Remarks

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  • After little initial reaction, cash Tsys are seeing a further bear flattening coinciding with Williams' balanced rather than dovish remarks, with 2YY now +5.8bps on the day at 4.05% and 10YY +1bps.
  • Latest remarks: WILLIAMS: CORE SERVICES EX-HOUSING INFLATION STILL HIGH (bbg) having noted in the prepared remarks "But the most persistent area of inflation is in core services excluding housing, which has been running around 4-1/2 percent since last August . This is driven by a continued imbalance in overall supply and demand, and it will take the longest to bring down."
  • He also reiterated the FOMC’s guidance that if additional hikes are appropriate, we’ll do that, and we don’t see any reason to cut rates this year.
  • Risks to the inflation and employment outlooks are seen as balanced, with it being possible that the US economy has more underlying strength.

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