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US TSY FLOWS
US TSY FLOWS: Underscoring mid-cycle adjustment -- rates add to mid-week sale --
see-sawing near session lows after the bell. Curves mixed, with 2Y10Y drifting
around inverted levels. Heavy futures volume due to surge in Sep/Dec rolling:
TYU>1.8M, FVU>1.1M.
- Short end near low end of range as market pricing of "mid-cycle" policy
adjustment solidifies over more aggressive rate cuts after hearing from Fed
spkrs' George and Harker earlier. 
- Mkt eager for more clarity from myriad Fed speakers including Fed Chair Powell
at Jackson Hole econ summit tomorrow. Agenda to be posted tonight at 2000ET on
KC site: https://www.kansascityfed.org/
- Equities buffeted earlier, sold off in partial react to Fed Harker comments,
weaker than expected IHS Markit PMI/Manufacturing sub-50 at 49.9, as well as
German headline saying "BUNDESBANK SEES NO NEED FOR GERMAN FISCAL STIMULUS" Bbg.
- The 2-Yr yield is up 5.9bps at 1.5713%, 5-Yr is up 3.4bps at 1.467%, 10-Yr is
up 2.4bps at 1.5791%, and 30-Yr is up 2.5bps at 2.062%.

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