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Yield Curves Bounce Back to Pre-FOMC Levels, 2Y Rally

US TSYS

Yield curves broadly steeper after the bell, short end lead rally off morning lows, 2YY at 4.1888% -.0475 after tapping 4.1531 low, 2s10s +8.518 at -70.892 -- back to pre-FOMC levels

  • Market's way of discounting the week's hawkish Fed and ECB policy speak and forward guidance. Equities NOT taking a risk-on/dovish pricing view w/ SPX eminis -50.0 at 3877.25 (after bouncing off key support of 3855.13 50.0% - retracement of the Oct 13 - Dec 13 uptrend).
  • Tsys bounced off lows following PMI data: The Fed will be encouraged that the crucial theme of weakening demand in the economy - leading to more modest inflation - played out further in this morning's Nov prelim US PMIs.
  • The activity data overall remain contractionary, and are deteriorating: Composite at 44.6, a 4-month low), Services at 44.4 (4-month low), and Manufacturing at 47.4. (a 31-month low).
  • Demand is weakening, as evidenced by the fastest decline in new orders since May 2020 with "pressure on purchasing power among customers and company balance sheets".
  • Fed speak: little market react from SF Fed Daly riffing on familiar theme: Fed Still Has a ‘Long Way’ to Go to Defeat Inflation. Cleveland Fed Mester: "leaving inflation at these levels for long is costly".

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