Benchmark Treasury yield perks up, awaits PCE
U.S. equity index futures slightly green: Nasdaq 100 up ~0.2%
Euro STOXX 600 index up ~0.6%
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U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield rises to ~3.80%
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BENCHMARK TREASURY YIELD PERKS UP, AWAITS PCE
Since hitting a low of 3.599% on September 17, the U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield US10YT=RR has perked up.
On Monday, bond investors continued to price out a near-term recession in the world's largest economy after PMI data showing increased price pressures this month that could slow the pace of the Federal Reserve's easing cycle.
Indeed, a report showed a rise in a key component of S&P Global's flash U.S. Composite PMI Output Index, which tracks the manufacturing and services sectors. The survey's measure of prices paid by businesses for inputs expanded to a one-year high.
So far on Tuesday, the 10-year yield is flirting with 3.80% as it awaits consumer confidence coming at 1000 EDT. Jobless claims and a final read on Q2 GDP are due on Thursday, all leading up to Friday's release of August PCE data. The headline PCE indexes on a month-over-month and year-over-year basis are expected to come in below last month's reads.
In any event, the yield remains in a downtrend with the 50-, 100-, and 200-day moving averages all pressing down on the market:
A break of 3.599% can suggest further declines to the 3.50%-3.48% area. Ultimately, a zone defined by the April 2023 trough and the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the March 2020-October 2023 advance, in the 3.253%-3.2245% area, is still seen as a magnet, while also potentially offering fertile ground for a major low.
The descending 50-day moving average is now a hurdle at about 3.90% ahead of the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement of the March 2020-October 2023 advance, now resistance at 3.911%, and the early September high which was at 3.932%.
The yield would need to reclaim the weekly Ichimoku Cloud, which now resides in the 4.16%-4.32% area, on a weekly closing basis, to suggest a major inflection back to the upside was under way.
(Terence Gabriel)
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(Terence Gabriel is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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