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Tsys Little Changed Ahead Of Supply

US TSYS
  • Treasury futures are little changed this morning, volumes are low and what is trading is largely roll related. TUU4 is unchanged at 103-10¾, while TYU4 is + 00+ at 113-19+.
  • Treasury auction cycle begins later today with $69b 2-year note, while $70b 5-year and $44b 7-year following later in the week, at current levels all three auctions would be the lowest-yielding ones in more than a year.
  • Cash treasury yields are flat to 0.5bp lower, the 10yr yield is trading near yearly lows at 3.812%.
  • Fed funds futures are currently pricing in 32bps of cuts for the September meeting, pricing has softened 3-4bps into year-end with 100bps of cuts now priced for the December meeting.
  • The 10yr yield has shown correlation with oil prices recently and with a 7% rise in oil from August lows which has been driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, we could could see potential upward pressure on yields, see chart.

US 10yr yield vs Oil price

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