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US TSYS: QUIET START TO FED POLICY WK, 25BP PRICED IN

US TSY SUMMARY: Quiet start to FOMC week, Fed policy announcement Wednesday.
Tsys firmer after the bell but near middle session range as deal-tied hedge
unwinds ran their course, yld curves mildly mixed -- well off flatter levels as
long end pared gains late. Exceptionally light volume w/total TYU only 750k,
appr 530k since the NY open.
- Tsy yld curves turned mixed/moving off earlier flatter levels as futures
steadily pared early gains, fast$, props bought dip in USU. 
- Slo-mo grind off late morning lows around midday, long end looked poised to
overtake early highs robust corporate supply rate locked on Friday gets unwound.
$5.5B Boeing 6-part launched late; total $15.75B corporate supply to price on
day.
- he 2-Yr yield is unchanged at 1.8519%, 5-Yr is down 0.7bps at 1.8403%, 10-Yr
is down 0.9bps at 2.0615%, and 30-Yr is down 0.2bps at 2.5907%.
US TSY FUTURES CLOSE: Firmer after the bell but near middle session range as
deal-tied hedge unwinds ran their course, yld curves mildly mixed -- well off
flatter levels as long end pared gains late. Exceptionally light volume w/total
TYU only 750k, appr 530k since the NY open. Update: 
* 3M10Y  +0.417, -4.573 (L: -8.02 / H: -4.573)
* 2Y10Y  -0.479, 20.96 (L: 20.089 / H: 22.083)
* 2Y30Y  +0.052, 73.676 (L: 72.407 / H: 74.514)
* 5Y30Y  +0.676, 74.87 (L: 72.782 / H: 75.728)
Current futures levels:
* Sep 2-Yr futures up 1/32  at 107-9.125 (L: 107-09 / H: 107-10.375)
* Sep 5-Yr futures up 3.25/32  at 117-20.5 (L: 117-19 / H: 117-22.75)
* Sep 10-Yr futures up 5.5/32  at 127-12.5 (L: 127-09 / H: 127-16)
* Sep 30-Yr futures up 8/32  at 154-19 (L: 154-14 / H: 154-31)
* Sep Ultra futures up 8/32  at 175-20 (L: 175-14 / H: 176-14)
US EURODLR FUTURES CLOSE: Mildly higher across the strip, near top end narrow
range after the bell. Current White pack (Sep 19-Jun 20):
* Sep 19 +0.025 at 97.840
* Dec 19 +0.020 at 97.925
* Mar 20 +0.025 at 98.160
* Jun 20 +0.025 at 98.255
* Red Pack (Sep 20-Jun 21) +0.025 to +0.025
* Green Pack (Sep 21-Jun 22) +0.025 to +0.025
* Blue Pack (Sep 22-Jun 23) +0.025 to +0.025
* Gold Pack (Sep 23-Jun 24) +0.020 to +0.025
US DOLLAR LIBOR: Latest settles
* O/N -0.0017 at 2.3486% (-0.0117 last wk)
* 1 Month -0.0027 to 2.2343% (-0.0241 last wk)
* 3 Month -0.0107 to 2.2550% (+0.0136 last wk)
* 6 Month -0.0086 to 2.1962% (+0.0333 last wk)
* 1 Year +0.0014 at 2.1980% (+0.0389 last wk)
STIR: Federal Reserve Bank of New York EFFR for prior session:
* Daily Effective Fed Funds Rate: 2.40%, volume: $78B
* Daily Overnight Bank Funding Rate: 2.37%, volume: $182B
US TSYS: REPO REFERENCE RATES: (rate, volume) 
* Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR): 2.41%, $1.142T
* Broad General Collateral Rate (BGCR): 2.40%, $496B
* Tri-Party General Collateral Rate (TGCR): 2.40%, $470B
OUTLOOK: *** US Data/speaker calendar (prior, estimate):
30-Jul ---- FOMC policy meeting kicks off in Washington.
30-Jul 0830 Jun personal income (0.5%, 0.4%)
30-Jul 0830 Jun current dollar PCE (0.4%, 0.3%)
30-Jul 0830 Jun total PCE price index (0.2%, 0.1%)
30-Jul 0830 Jun core PCE price index (0.2%, 0.2%)
30-Jul 0855 27-Jul Redbook retail sales m/m (1.1%, --)
30-Jul 0900 May Case-Shiller Home Price Index (0.0, --)
30-Jul 1000 Jun NAR pending home sales index (105.4, --)
30-Jul 1000 Jul Conference Board confidence (121.5, 125.0)
30-Jul 1030 Jul Dallas Fed services index (3.2, --)
PIPELINE: =$5.5B Boeing launched; $15.75B to price on day
Date $MM Issuer/Rating/Desc/Maturity/Yld; Priced *; Launch #:
07/29 $5.5B #Boeing WNG 6-tranche: $750M 2Y +45, $1B 7Y +80, 
----- $750M 10Y +90, $750M 15Y +120, $1.25b 30Y +120, $1b 40Y+140
07/29 $3.5B #Las Vegas Sands $1.75B 5Y +137.5, $1B 7Y +162.5, $750M 10Y +187.5
07/29 $2B #Ford Motor Cr $1.25B 3Y +155, $750M 7Y +260
07/29 $1.5B #National Australia Bank (NAB) 15NC10 +188
07/29 $1B #Union Pacific $500M 20Y +98, $500M 40Y +140
07/29 $900M #Republic Services 5Y +70
07/29 $450M *Owens Corning WNG 10Y +192
07/29 $500M *Shinhan Fncl Gr (SFG) 10.5NC5.5 +150
07/29 $400M *Essex Portfolio +10Y +110 upsized
Eurodollar/Tsy options:
Eurodollar options, Pit/screen: 
* +10,000 Dec 81/85 call spds, 4.75
* -4,000 short Aug 83/Blue Aug 82 call spds, 1.5
* -2,500 Red Mar'21 83 straddles, 64.0
* +4,000 short Aug 81/82 put spds, 3.0
* -3,000 Dec 77/80/83 call flys, 4.5
* 5,000 Jun 92/100 call spds, 2.0
Block, 1105:27ET,
* +10,000 short Aug 82 puts, 5.0 vs. 98.315/0.35%
* +14,500 short Aug 86 calls, 1.0 vs. 98.32/0.10%
* -5,000 Dec 73/75/76 put flys, 0.75
* 5,000 Red Dec'20 97/100 call spds, 0.5
* 3,500 Sep 73/75/76 put flys, 0.75
* -20,000 short Dec 87/97 call spds, 5.0
* +20,000 Jun 87/92 call spds, 6.0
* 7,500 Red Sep'20 92/100 call spds, 4.0
* 1,500 Blue Oct 78/83 strangles, 8.5
* +2,500 Mar 78/81 3x1 put spds, 0.5
* +5,000 short Oct 81/82 2x1 put spds on screen earlier, 1.0
* Update, +7,500 Aug 77 puts, 1.5 vs. 97.845/0.22%
* 5,000 Sep 80/81 call strip .5 over 10,000 short Sep 87 calls
* -5,000 Blue Dec 81 straddles, 32.5
* +25,000 short Aug 86 calls, 1.0 on screen
* 2,000 Jun 85/91 call spds, 10.5
* over -30,000 Mar 90 calls, 1.5
* -10,000 Aug/Sep 80 call spds, 1.0
* 9,200 Aug 72 puts, cab
* 3,000 Aug 77/78/80 put flys
* 9,000 short Oct 81 puts
Overnight Block recap
* total -30,000 Dec 80/82 call sods, 5.5 vs. 97.91/0.22%
Tsy options:
Large 5Y put trade pit/screen
* total +120,000 FVU 114.75 puts, 1/64 (open interest only 28,297 coming into
session)
* +17,000 TUU 106.12 puts, .5/64
* +28,700 TYU 132 calls, 1/64
* +17,850 FVU 114.75 puts, 1/64
* +7,000 FVU 114.75/115 put strip, 2/64
* 12,200 USU 144.5 puts, 2/64 on screen
* -2,500 TYU 125 puts 1/64 over TYV 122.5/125 2x1 put spds
* +5,000 FVU 117.75 calls, 19.5/6 vs. 117-21.5/0.46%
* +2,500 FVQ 113.5 puts, 0.5
* 10,000 TYU 128/129 call spds, 13/64 on screen
Highlight overnight trade
* 20,000 TYU 130 calls, 3/64
* 21,000 TYU 129.5 calls, 4/64
* 5,700 USU 156.5 calls
--MNI Chicago Bureau; tel: +1 312-431-0089; email: bill.sokolis@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: MTABLE,M$U$$$,M$$FI$,MN$FI$,MN$FX$]

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