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13 期
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〔Day Digest〕Cooling Hike Bets Send Dollar to Three-Month Low, 30Y at 5.32% as Fiscal and AI Supply Split the Fed's Leverage
Rate-hike bets cooled into Tuesday, slipping the dollar to a three-month low before a mild rebound [4][1], yet long-dated Treasuries kept climbing - the 30-year touched 5.32%, the highest since June 2007, and the 10-year sat at 4.73% [4][5] - as fiscal supply, AI bond issuance and Middle East oil risks outweighed the Fed's policy pause [3][4][8]. FOMC minutes and oil's reaction to Trump's Iran threat now decide whether the long-end surge forces the Fed back into hawkish mode [7][4][2].
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〔Overnight Brief〕Foreign Selling and War Headlines Push 30Y to 5.29% 2007 High, While Fed Hike Odds Slip to ~1/3 – Long-End Risk vs Front-End Easing
The overnight session delivered a stark split: the 30-year Treasury yield climbed 3 basis points to 5.29%, its highest since 2007, while Fed hike odds for next month tumbled to roughly one-third from about 75% at end-July, dragging the dollar to a three-month low. Foreign demand is fading—Japan and the UK cut their Treasury piles by $26.4B and $8.7B in June, helping total foreign holdings fall $72.1B to $9.3T. Geopolitics added fuel: Iran seized a UAE tanker and shifted to an offensive stance, pushing oil and yields higher. Yet weak data (consumption, inflation, employment) has traders paring tightening bets, and the San Francisco Fed published a neutral-rate estimate suggesting policy is accommodative. Near-term direction hinges on whether the next data prints confirm the soft patch or whether supply, inflation persistence, and war headlines keep the long end bid. Watch the 2007 high of 5.44% as the next marker, and the September FOMC for the front end.
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〔Day Digest〕Fed-Hike Bets Fade to Sub-30% After Retail-Sales Slump, Dollar Hits 3-Month Low — But 20Y Auction at 5.27% and BOJ 80% Odds Loom
July retail sales posted their largest drop in over a year, pulling market pricing for a September Fed hike below 30% and sending the dollar to a three-month low, while gold climbed toward $4,400 and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.5% on revived AI sentiment [1][4][5]. Yet the long end of the Treasury curve refused to ease: 20-year yields hover near 5.25%, Wednesday's $16 billion auction carries an indicative yield around 5.27%, and the 20-year is set to post its highest yield since the 2020 restart [6]. Abroad, traders now put September BOJ hike odds at 80%, and Bloomberg-tracked swap markets imply roughly 400bp of tightening across seven major markets over the next year [7][8]. This week's FOMC minutes and retail earnings will decide whether the front-end repricing holds or the long-end supply premium dominates [9][10]. Goldman Sachs warns against overly aggressive Fed hike bets, while long-term yields still surge despite Fed freeze signals [17][16].
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〔Overnight Brief〕September Hike Odds Plunge to 25% as Fed Minutes Set to Expose Three Dissents; 20-Year Auction and Global Rate Climb Keep Bonds on Edge — Betting Markets vs. a Patient Fed
Betting-market odds for a September Federal Reserve rate hike have plunged to 25% [1], yet the July meeting minutes are set to expose an unusually visible split: three dissents favored a quarter-point increase [2]. BMO Capital Markets Senior Economist Jennifer Lee expects the Fed to stay patient, forecasting no move until late 2027 [2]. Meanwhile, the Treasury's 20-year bond sale will test appetite after a few record-breaking auctions [5], and Bloomberg frames global rate expectations as a bigger threat to bonds than the Fed itself [4]. Financial Times asks whether the minutes contain forward guidance [7], and Jin10 reports Waller has abandoned forward guidance, leaving the hawkish-dove divide to be revealed [8]. The Guardian adds a central-bank dilemma: inflation is rising on Iran-war oil risk while growth slows, leaving the Fed, ECB and Bank of England unclear on whether to raise [9]. Deciding factor: the minutes' tone and the 20-year auction result [7][5].
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〔Day Digest〕Rate-Hike Fears Fade as September Odds Drop to 27%, But 30-Year Auction at 25-Year High Keeps Debt Overhang in Play - FOMC Minutes Next
July CPI and PPI ran in line or cooler, with retail sales and employment softening, cutting money-market pricing for a September hike to just 27% and pushing the first fully priced move to early next year; yet the long end is flashing a warning, with the 30-year auction rate at a 25-year high as US debt approaches $40 trillion, and the market's 'Fed won't hike' logic is being questioned. The week ahead brings the FOMC minutes, China's LPR, Walmart earnings and European flash PMIs.
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〔Overnight Brief〕Warsh Phrase-Watching and Rieder's Long-End Real-Rate Warning Split the Market — Deficits, Heavy Issuance and AI Financing Take Center Stage
Wall Street is obsessing over every word from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, with one phrase mattering most, even as his reshaping of the central bank raises unintended consequences for markets [1][3]. The latest CPI report gave markets reason to celebrate, yet BlackRock's Rick Rieder says inflation remains above the Fed's 2% target and questions whether raising overnight rates is the most effective tool; the bigger issue, he argues, is the long end, where fiscal deficits, heavy Treasury issuance and AI-related financing push real rates higher [2]. The disconnect: a front-end easing impulse against a long-end structural squeeze, with Warsh's language as the near-term catalyst [1][2].
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〔Day Digest〕Hike Odds Collapse to ~25-32% on Soft CPI, Retail Sales and Payrolls While 30Y Auction at 25-Year High and Brent Near $90 Split the Tape - Warsh's Words Decide
Weak retail sales (-0.6% m/m, the largest drop in over a year), an in-line CPI (+0.1% m/m, +3.4% y/y) and a downwardly revised payrolls print (-23k) have cut September hike odds from 75% to a band of roughly 25-32% [1][7][2]; yet the long end refuses to cave, with the 30-year auction yield at a 25-year high and Brent near $90 [1], while Wall Street hangs on every word from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh [4]. The next test: Fed minutes plus Home Depot and Walmart earnings [9][10].
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〔Overnight Brief〕Weak US Data Wipes Out Fed Hike Bets, Dollar Heads for Sixth Drop in Seven Weeks — 30Y Auction Prices at 2001 Highs, RMP Paused [1][10][25]
US data dents Fed hike chances: July retail sales fell 0.6% m/m versus prior +0.2% [5], August consumer sentiment dropped to 51 from 55.2 [6][7], and one-year inflation expectations rose to 4.3% [8] — leaving September hike odds near 30% [2] and the dollar at its lowest since May [4]. Yet the long end is not cooperating: the US 30-year bond sale priced at the highest yield since 2001 [14], and the New York Fed unexpectedly paused reserve management purchases (RMP), with banks seeing no resumption until at least October [16]. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee is encouraged by disinflation but wants several more months of similar data before trusting the path to 2% [2][1], while consumers report higher inflation expectations [6][7]. Next week's FOMC minutes are the focal point [18].
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〔Day Digest〕Cooling July PPI Pushes the Hike Window to December While the 30-Year Auction Clears at 5.216% – Front-End Relief Collides With Long-End Supply
July PPI came in at 0.0% m/m versus a +0.2% expected gain, and core rose 0.2% m/m versus +0.3% expected, pushing market pricing toward a September hold and deferring the next hike window to December [1]. Yet long-dated funding costs kept climbing: the $25bn 30-year auction cleared at 5.216%, the highest since 2001, while the $42bn 10-year sale yielded 4.683%, the highest since 2007 [2]. Cash yields slipped to 4.64% on the 10-year [3], but uncertainty over the Fed's reaction function is adding to curve pressure [5]. The dollar weakened [14], Wall Street set a record close , and Asian equities are headed for their best week in two months, though AP reports most regional indexes fell [16][17]. Fitch affirmed the US at AA+ [8], and the Fed's foreign reverse repo pool jumped $40bn to $357bn, showing the FIMA facility was unused—suggesting Japan has not yet intervened via that tool [10].
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〔Overnight Brief〕Fed Pauses Reserve Management Purchases; 30-Year Auction Yield Hits 2001 High
The Federal Reserve said it will pause reserve management purchases of Treasury bills for the upcoming month, signaling confidence in bank reserve levels [1][2]. Market pricing for a September rate hike fell after cooler July PPI data, with CME FedWatch showing a 65.2% probability of no change [6][7]. Stocks rallied on the inflation data, with the S&P 500 closing at a record high [14]. Treasury yields declined, but the 30-year auction saw a high yield of 5.216%, the highest since 2001, indicating weak demand [9][10]. Initial jobless claims rose to 209,000, but the 4-week average held steady [15]. Fitch affirmed the US AA+ rating, expecting debt ceiling hit by mid-2027 and debt/GDP at 123% by 2028 [17].
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〔Day Digest〕Benign Inflation Curbs Fed Rate-Hike Bets, but Treasury Market Sends Cautionary Signal
Benign US inflation data cooled expectations for a Fed rate hike at the September meeting, with CME market odds falling below 50% and traders paring bets [10][1][2]. Core CPI rose 0.2% m/m, 2.5% y/y, roughly in line with forecasts [1]. Fed officials remain split: Barkin calls a hike an 'open question' while Hammack urges an immediate hike [4][5]. Treasury market signaled caution: 10-year auction yield highest since 2007 at 4.683% with a tail, and 30-year yields set to be highest in 25 years [6][7]. Stocks rose in Asia and Europe; Korea entered a technical bull market on AI chip strength [10][11]. Dollar steadied, gold pulled back, oil fell [15][17][13].
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〔Overnight Brief〕July CPI Cools Fed Hike Bets; 10-Year Auction Yield Hits 2007 High; AI Stocks Diverge
July CPI came in fully in line with forecasts, cooling expectations of a September Fed rate hike to 36% from 48% a day earlier [4][2]. Equities ended mixed: S&P 500 rose 0.26% to near record, Nasdaq added 0.54%, Dow slipped 0.04% [15]. AI names diverged sharply: SK Hynix jumped over 9%, Nebius soared 34%, CoreWeave gained 19%, but Cerebras tumbled 16% after hours [15]. The 10-year Treasury auction cleared at 4.683%, highest since 2007, as the US fiscal deficit widened; July deficit came in at $432.3 billion against $346 billion expected, with interest costs exceeding $1 trillion for the fiscal year [12][9][13]. Gold rose over 1% to $4,412 an ounce, the dollar gained 0.22%, and oil prices climbed [15][17]. A BofA executive still calls for three hikes, while the White House CEA says CPI weakens the case for hikes [5][3].
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〔Day Digest〕CPI Data Set to Determine Fed's September Move as Markets Brace
Ahead of the July U.S. CPI release, markets are on edge as the data will likely dictate whether the Federal Reserve raises rates in September. Expectations are for a moderate rise: headline CPI +0.1% m/m and core +0.2% m/m, with annual rates easing to 3.4% and 2.5% respectively. A hotter print could cement a hike, while a cooler one might reduce odds, which currently stand near 50%. Asian stocks rallied on strong tech earnings, with KOSPI up 5%, while oil extended gains. Pimco's CIO downplays inflation concerns, seeing the Fed on hold through 2026. Boston Fed President Collins backs a September increase. The data will also be key for currencies and gold, which have already reacted to diminishing hike bets.