Reprices Reported as Short Sellers Initiate Pre-Auction Concession
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In typical pre-auction fashion, bond traders are selling short benchmark TSYs in an effort to cheapen up their debt underwriting costs. While production MBS coupons are outperforming on the spot vs. TSYs, said concessionary efforts have still led to enough price weakness to warrant reprices for the worse.
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