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US TSYS SUMMARY: Treasuries opened NY mildly weaker, 5/30Y flatter, 2/10Y mildly

steeper after overnight range into today's key 8:30am ET US Sept. CPI and retail

sales. US stock futures traded mildly firmer; oil traded lower. 

- TOKYO: Tsys again enjoyed brisk buying across Asia for a second day. Chinese

and Japanese entities bought at the long-end of the Tsy curve. Also heard of

Asian central bank selling in older 3Y Treasuries. Insurers sold long end Tsys.

Some accts did intermeds/30Y Tsy flatteners. 5-year paying occured in US swaps.

- JAPAN MOF: For first week of new fiscal half year, Japanese MOF data showed

Japanese accounts in most recent weekly data bought just Y89.2bln ($0.8bln) in

foreign bonds vs sales totalling Y1.0trn in previous week through Sep 29. 

- LONDON: EGBs rallied hard on Reuters 'ECB source' article that said the

consensus developing for 2018 APP bond-buy plan is a 9 month extension. Tsys did

not respond. US swaps showed SEF analysis with 2-10Y flattener early. 

- US CORPS/SOVS: Quiet Fri: Citi eyed fixed/FRN benchmark 3Ys. China aims for

Oct. 26th $2B-ish US bond, first US$ bond since 2004, said BBG.