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US TSYS SUMMARY
US TSYS SUMMARY: *** Trading broadly higher but well off late AM highs, rally
largely due to delayed react to dovish ECB Draghi comments after steady policy
annc earlier; weaker equities (emini -3.75, 2460.0) and USD, strong move in gold
(1349.79/H) added to risk-off tone.
- Not much react to wkly claims +62k to 298K, focus more on ECB annc. Tsys
ratcheted higher w/EGBs. Flow included prop and fast$ buying 5s and 10s, bank
port', real$ buying 10s, 30s, stops triggered on way up, fast$ sales short end. 
- Second round of buying late morning w/real$, bank and insurance portfolio
buying long end prop, fast- and real$ buying 5s and 10s, 5- and 10s vs. 30s
flatteners. Sporadic profit taking on way up, deal-tied selling and rate paying
as spd curve continues to flatten.
- USD/Yen tested 10M lows (108.34), as did 10- and 30Y Tsy ylds (2.035% and
2.653% resp); sovereign peripherals mostly tighter vs. Bunds, Switzerland little
wider, while Greece 10Y +3.5 to around 513.0. 
- Swap spds wider early, modest paying in 2s, 5s and 10s w/5- and 10yr spds
2-3bp wider, appr 4-wk highs., ongoing repo specials that adds to widening.

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