SOFR: Mix Of Long Setting & Short Cover Seen In Futures On Wednesday

• In FX, the trend set-up in EURUSD remains bullish and the pair continues to trade closer to its recent highs. A key resistance at 1.1573, the Apr 21 high, has been breached. This strengthens the bullish theme and confirms a resumption of this year's uptrend. Sights are on 1.1696 next, a 1.618 projection of the Feb 28 - Mar 18 - 27 price swing. Initial firm support is at 1.1419, the 20-day EMA. The 50-day EMA lies at 1.1278. Short-term weakness is considered corrective. Short-term weakness is considered corrective.
• GBPUSD bulls remain in the driver’s seat and the pair is trading closer to its recent highs. A rising price sequence of higher highs and higher lows, together with a bull set-up in moving average studies, highlights a dominant uptrend. Sights are on 1.3681 next, the 1.500 projection of the Feb 28 - Apr 3 - 7 price swing. Resistance at 1.3616, the Jun 5 high has been pierced - a bullish development. Support to watch lies at 1.3456, the Jun 10 low.
• USDJPY is trading in a range and remains below last week’s high. Recent weakness suggests the correction between Jun 3 - 11, is over. The trend direction is down - moving average studies are in a clear bear-mode position, highlighting a dominant downtrend. A resumption of weakness would open 142.12, the May 27 low. Key short-term resistance is 146.28, the May 29 high. First resistance is 145.46, Jun 11 high.

• Fed Funds implied rates are up to 2bp lower on the day for 2025 meetings but continue to hold little odds of a near-term Fed cut, with a next cut fully priced for October.
• US rates outperform European counterparts (e.g. SFRZ6 +2.5 ticks vs ERZ6 -2 ticks) in signs of some haven demand for US assets with Trump promising “bigger” and “better” than an Israel-Iran ceasefire on Truth Social and speaking to reporters on Air Force One.
• Cumulative cuts from 4.33% effective: 0bp for tomorrow, 3.5bp for Jul, 19bp Sep, 32bp Oct and 48.5bp Dec.
• The SOFR implied terminal yield of 3.295% (SFRZ6, -2.5bp) last closer lower on Thursday (Jun 12).
• Today sees data including retail sales and import prices for May (0830ET) before industrial production for May (0915ET). They provide important hard data updates for May heading into the two-day FOMC meeting starting today.  
• MNI Fed Preview: https://media.marketnews.com/Fed_Prev_Jun2025_With_Analysts_a9c8a317ff.pdf

The latest Bank of America fund manager survey suggested that funds remain underweight global equities (although this narrowed to a net 2% underweight from 13% the month prior) and bonds (net underweight 5% vs. 1% the month prior), while they remain overweight cash (net 16% overweight vs. 26% the month prior).

• The survey details point to a continued hesitance to redeploy assets in the U.S.
• A net 61% of investors surveyed suggest that the USD is overvalued vs. 57% last month. Bank of America note that the current USD valuation is 1.5 standard deviations above the long-term average, based on a trade weighted index.
• Investors responding to the survey are a net 36% underweight U.S. equities vs. 38% last month. The current allocation is 1.7 standard deviations below the long-term average.
• Note that the survey took place between June 6-12, before the surge in geopolitical risk in the Middle East.