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Bond markets doing what they are good at - demanding higher yields given massive oversupply of sovereign debt issuance and limited demand. Governments want lower yields, then cut spending.
And yet so many arguing for a lot more rate hikes when the driver behind price increases is not wages but a global energy and resource shortage and strong demand by AI buildout. Higher rates aren’t going to fix this.
If this continues USTs are oversold. I’ve said for some time now that being long bonds is being short oil. That relationship temporarily disconnected last 2 weeks as bond investors believe recent oil output increases not real or temporary.
Wonder why corporate bond spreads so low? 49% of new investment-grade bond issuance this year is AI-linked. Fucking scary how all-in both bond and equity investors are on this one trade. It better deliver.
Bond markets are always in "show-me-the-money" mode reacting later than responding first. WTI oil vs $TLT (inverse) and US10s. Should oil hold at current levels, $TLT should be $82 and 10yr at 4.9%.
And the revisions
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for July was revised down by 31,000, from +21,000 to
-10,000, and the change for August was revised down by 29,000, from +162,000 to +133,000. With
these revisions, employment in July and August combined is 60,000 lower than previously reported.
And the revisions
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for July was revised down by 31,000, from +21,000 to
-10,000, and the change for August was revised down by 29,000, from +162,000 to +133,000. With
these revisions, employment in July and August combined is 60,000 lower than previously reported.
Look at this chart. This isn’t traditional demand driven inflation, it’s a supply crisis caused by the Iran war. And yet raising rates aggressively into this still being advocated by many that should know better.