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US TSYS SUMMARY
US TSYS SUMMARY: US Treasuries prices open Fri -- the month-end, quarter-end and
Jpn half-year-end -- NY mildly lower, flatter after overnight range and
improvement since mkt bottomed about 2:38am ET. Data Fri: 8:30am ET Aug.
personal income/PCE, 9:45am ET MNI Chicago report, 10am ET Univ of Mich consumer
sentiment. 
- TOKYO: Tsys relatively quiet into Jpn half-year end; traders eyed potential
brisk bid for Tsys in Oct. in new half-year. Light 2-way pre-weekend position
squaring, flattener/steepener unwinds. Real$ buying in 30Ys, while Asian central
bank buying occurred in 3Y, 5Y Tsys. China and S. Korea have some holidays next
week. 
- LONDON: Tsys drew some asset mgr and other foreign central bank buying, while
US bank buying occurred in 10Ys. Tsys moved off lows amid German Bund rally;
Dec-17 Bund contract  opened +4 ticks at 160.94 2am ET, now it 161.18. US Tsy
block buy of 4,547 TYZ7 at 125-15 am ET as of 4:14 am ET. LIBOR rates set lower.
- OVERNIGHT REPO: 2Y, 3Y, 5Y, 7Y, 10Ys Tsys; 2Y, 3Y at negative rates. 
- US$ HIGH-GRADE CORPS/SOVS: Nothing set Friday; pipeline grows next wk. 

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