Payrolls came in at three times consensus, September hike odds jumped nearly nine points, and the two-year Treasury moved three basis points. The loudest week in months produced the smallest number.
...Christopher Waller gave an interview and September’s hike odds fell from 63.2% to a coin flip. The two-year moved five basis points. One of those two numbers is lying, and payrolls print at 08:30.
...ADP printed 38,000, the weakest since January, and the market still prices a September hike at two thirds. Either the barrel is doing the pricing or the labour market is about to matter a great deal more on Friday.
...Oil surged 5.2% on US strikes near Hormuz and the tape called it the story. The number that decides September was six basis points on the two-year, and almost nobody looked at it.
...US and Iranian forces traded fire and crude settled up 2.83%. The 2-year Treasury moved zero basis points. Three sessions earlier it moved 14 for a speech that committed to nothing.
...Warsh talked about inflation and the 2-year moved 14 basis points. Then a US strike on Hormuz put Brent above 91 dollars, and the instrument that prices inflation could not be bothered.
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