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Tight Ranges

BOND SUMMARY

News flow has been relatively light this morning, revolved around production issues for the J&J Covid-19 jab at one plant. T-Notes have been happy to hug a tight range and last trade +0-01+ at 130-31+. Cash Tsy yields sit -0.5bp to +0.3bp, some very light twist steepening has crept in. Eurodollar futures trade unch. to +0.5 tick through the reds.

  • JGB futures have round tripped from the session high of 150.96 and now trade at 150.90, -26 ticks vs. Wednesday's settlement. Cash JGB yields trade higher across the curve, with 10s underperforming ahead of today's 10-Year JGB supply. The main Large M'fing Index in the BoJ's latest Tankan Survey improved more than expected, returning to pre-pandemic level.
  • Australian YM sits -0.5 tick & XM -2.5 as we type. Cash ACGB curve runs steeper, with yields last seen -0.6bp to +2.2bp. Bills trade unch. to -1 tick through the reds. The RBA offered to buy A$2.0bn of ACGBs with maturities of Nov '28 to May '32, excluding Nov '31. On the data front, local retail sales fell less than forecast M/M, while trade surplus shrank more than expected.

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