Treasuries soared overnight to fresh highs but were unable to hold the gains. The 30-year bond futures traded comfortably near unchanged for the majority of the session to make the last day of the second quarter a non-event.
Payroll processor, ADP, reported that the U.S. economy gained only 13,000 jobs last month. This was a far cry from the previous 57,000 and the expected tick higher to 61,000.
The disappointment doesn’t bode well for the governments take on the employment numbers due Friday morning. However, today’s reaction to ADP might have paved the way for a Treasury unfriendly payroll report regardless of the numbers. This is because with expectations so low, it might take a complete employment disaster to simply keep Treasuries afloat.
Chicago PMI was reported near expectations and seemed to enable equities to hold firm and Treasuries to back off of early morning bids. The Index last month was calculated to be 59.1. Nonetheless, it is simply a speed bump in the way of Friday’s figures.
Treasuries still feel heavy up here, but the longer they hover the greater the odds of another run at new highs. We feel like a potential reversal could be on hold until post payrolls. We like the idea of fading a Friday morning rally, if it occurs.
Look for resistance just over 128 in the long bond and 123 in the note.
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Carley Garner
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