Today’s session opened with Treasuries higher than yesterday. The yield on the UST10-Year is currently at 2.423% after closing at 2.431% during the prior session.
Although no economic indicators were released during this last trading day of 2017, treasury movements seem to be responding to risk investors collecting profits ahead of the New Year; as the S&P 500 tops over 20% return for the year and the Dow Jones hits record highs.
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Although no economic indicators were released during this last trading day of 2017, treasury movements seem to be responding to risk investors collecting profits ahead of the New Year; as the S&P 500 tops over 20% return for the year and the Dow Jones hits record highs.
The economic calendar will continue with the Markit Manufacturing PMI on Tuesday; Mortgage Applications, Construction Spending and the FOMC’s December 13 minutes release on Wednesday; Initial and Continuing Jobless Claims on Thursday; and the December jobs report on Friday. Further, Fed St. Louis President James Bullard is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at a conference in Philadelphia on January 4.
The curve has bull-steepened with the UST 10-Year yield down 0.8 bp from prior closing.
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