Month-End Selling Keeps Rates Range-Bound
Month-End Selling Keeps Rates Range-Bound
You've perhaps heard of month-end bond buying? How about month-end selling? We had some of the former earlier in the session with a reversal toward weaker levels at the 3pm CME close. PCE inflation data wasn't traded this morning. Early cues came from overseas. Late cues look more position-driven. Even before that weakness, bonds rejected another opportunity to move below 3.72%, which increasingly looks like the bottom of the range unless next week's data is convincingly downbeat.
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- Core PCE y/y
- 4.9 vs 4.7 f'cast, 4.7 prev
- Core PCE m/m
- 0.6 vs 0.5 f'cast
- Headline PCE m/m
- 0.3 vs -0.1 f'cast
- Chicago PMI
- 45.7 vs 51.8 f'cast, 52.2 prev
- Consumer Sentiment (final)
- 58.6 vs 59.5 f'cast
- Core PCE y/y
British Gilts rallied 20bps overnight, making the 6-8bp gain in US 10yr yields possible. 10s are now down 5.5bps now and MBS are up a quarter point.
2-way volatility after AM data and now some organic weakness eroding the gains. 10yr down 3.7bps at 3.742. MBS up 7 ticks (.22).
More weakness now after UK bonds close for the day, but perhaps not because of it. Month-end tradeflows look to be hitting as well. 10yr up to 3.766. MBS down more than a quarter from the highs, but roughly unchanged on the day.
New Highs for 10yr yields ahead of month/quarter-end closing bell at 3pm. Now roughly unchanged at 3.778. MBS down 5 ticks (.16) on the day and 3/8ths of a point from the mid-day price plateau.