1. UST Rally – Made in Japan?

2. Macro Gravity – XHB vs XLF

3. Cockroach Watch

1.UST rally – made in Japan?

Japan is exporting lower yields to the US but Treasuries have now overshot macro fair value. 

The UST rally isn’t domestic; it’s imported from Japan.

Qi’s custom ST model for 10y UST yields including 30y JGB yields has 73% confidence and shows JGBs as the second-largest positive driver. The ~50bp collapse in JGB yields has been instrumental in dragging Treasury yields lower.

Fair value sits at 4.11% versus 4.24% on our core model. So the Japan influence is very real but, even so, spot has still overshot by ~7bp.

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Author
Huw Roberts

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