US TSYS: Eyes on PPI, Cash 2s10s Remains Dis-Inverted, 3Y Stops Through
- Treasuries look to finish weaker, off late morning lows with rates paring losses after a decent $58B 3Y Note auction broke a four consecutive auction run of tails w/ 3.485% high yield vs. 3.492% WI; 2.73x bid-to-cover vs. 2.53x prior.
- After some sharp two-way action - Tsys retreated after BLS Prelim Benchmark Revision to Establishment Survey Data comes out much lower than anticipated: -911k vs. -682k est from -818k prior.
- Meanwhile, Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index rose 6.6% Y/Y in the first week of September (ending Sep 6), running a little above retailers' targeted 6.3% gain for the month.
- Currently, the Dec'25 10Y trades -6.5 at 113-11 (yld 4.0722 +.0324) vs. 113-07 low -- Initial firm support to watch is 112-11+, the 20-day EMA. Yield curves flatter: 2s10s -2.311 at 52.831, 5s30s -1.536 at 114.416. Cash 2s10s adjusted for carry/rolldown remains dis-inverted 58.9.
- US$ off lows, BBG index BBDXY currently +2.6 at 1201.15 vs. 1196.68 post data low.
- Focus turns to US price data, as PPI and CPI releases are expected across Wednesday and Thursday respectively. China CPI and PPI figures will be released during APAC hours tomorrow.
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AUSSIE 10-YEAR TECHS: (U5) Recovers With Treasuries
- RES 3: 96.501 - 76.4% of the Mar 14 - Nov 1 ‘23 bear leg
- RES 2: 96.207 - 61.8% of the Mar 14 - Nov 1 ‘23 bear leg
- RES 1: 95.960 - High Apr 7
- PRICE: 95.710 @ 14:34 BST Aug 8
- SUP 1: 95.415/95.300 - Low May 15 / Low Jan 14
- SUP 2: 95.275 - Low Nov 14 (cont) and a key support
- SUP 3: 94.707 - 1.0% 10-dma envelope
Aussie 10-yr futures received a boost from the US Treasury rally that followed a poor NFP print. This keeps Aussie 10-year futures toward the top end of the recent range. To the upside, next resistance is at 96.207, a Fibonacci retracement point. Next support undercuts at 95.420 (pierced), the Feb 13 low, ahead of 95.275, the Nov 14 low and a key support. Clearance of this level would strengthen a bearish condition.
SECURITY: Trump To Sign Trilateral Peace Accord With Armenia/Azerbaijan Shortly
US President Donald Trump is shortly due to sign a trilateral peace agreement with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the White House. LIVESTREAM The event will provide another opportunity for Trump to style himself as peacemaker, after touting success in brokering peace deals between Rwanda/Congo, Cambodia/Thailand, and India/Pakistan.
- The accord aims to resolve a decade-long dispute over the sovereignty of Nagorno-Karabakh - a breakaway Azerbaijani province that was under de facto Armenian control from the dissolution of the Soviet Union until a 2020 war.
- Trump described the meeting on Truth Social as a “historic peace summit,” noting that the US will also sign “Bilateral Agreements [to] fully unlock the potential of the South Caucasus Region.”
- White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told reporters that Trump would sign deals with both Armenia and Azerbaijan on energy, technology, economic cooperation, border security, infrastructure and trade.
- A White House official said: "It's about the entire region, and [the leaders] know that that region is known to be safer and more prosperous with President Trump."
- Reuters reports that the US will have development rights to build transportation links in the strategic Zangezur Corridor, a mountainous stretch of Armenian territory between Azerbaijan and its Nakhichevan exclave.
- Politico notes: “But whether this is just a photo opportunity or a lasting end to a conflict that has undermined stability in a region dominated by Russia and Iran will depend on whether the US can address several key challenges.”
FED: Balance Sheet Runoff Continues At Steady $20B/Month Pace (2/2)
Fed asset holdings were little changed in the past week. SOMA runoff totaled $2.8B (composed of $4.2B less nominal Tsy holdings and $1.4B more TIPS), with emergency lending/liquidity facilities $0.7B lower.
- Over the last 4 weeks, the $20B/monthly expected QT pace was roughly adhered to: MBS fell $18B, with Treasury net holdings down around $2B (a fall in TIPS holdings offsetting a slight rise in nominals).
- Discount window usage accounted for the fall in lending facility usage this week; takeup is now down to $4.9B, down $1.3B in the last month and down from the 1-year high of $6.4B set in July which looks to have been a temporary blip higher.
