Posted To: MBS Commentary
The Wall St Journal ran a story this afternoon suggesting Treasury Secretary Mnuchin was pushing for a compromise deal to ease Tariffs on China in order to grease the skids for trade talks. As a result, stocks and bonds lost their cool –relatively. Case in point, in the 30 minutes following the headline, nearly 350k 10yr Treasury futures contracts traded. To put that in perspective, the 30 minutes following the January 4th jobs report saw just over 250k. To be fair to the jobs report, it created lasting volume throughout the day whereas the trade-related headlines made for a much more condensed dose. Even so, the reaction speaks to importance of trade-related updates as the US works on hammering out a deal with China. We could also argue that it speaks the deprivation that markets have been…(read more)
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