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Treasuries Cheapen Some More, Fedspeak To Headline

US TSYS
  • Cash Tsys currently trade with a modest bear flattening on the day as Treasuries continue to cheapen, helped by China considering unprecedented acceleration of infra funding which has supported risk. It follows yesterday’s pullback in US recession fears following the ISM services beat and the FOMC minutes noting officials saw a possibility of an “even more restrictive” stance, although both 2s5s and 2s10s remain inverted.
  • Lagging a large sell-off in European sovereigns, 2YY +1.2bps at 3.014%, 5YY +2.0bps at 3.000%, 10YY +2.0bps at 2.948% and 30YY +2.3bps at 3.141%.
  • TYU2 trades 11+ ticks lower at 118-22, the low end of the week’s range amidst broadly average volumes in a corrective pullback. Support is formed at the earlier intraday low of 118-15 and then the 20-day EMA of 117-27+, whilst resistance is eyed at yesterday’s high of 120-16+.
  • Fedspeak: Governor Waller and ’22 voter Bullard to both speak at 1300ET at separate events – see STIR comment.
  • Data: A quieter docket today with weekly jobless claims, the trade balance and challenger job cuts.
  • Bill issuance: US Tsy $35B 4W, $30B 8W bill auctions (1130ET).

US Tsy curve inversion and periods of recessionSource: Bloomberg

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