Addicted To Fed: Retail Sales Rise, Treasury 10yr Yield Jumps Nearly 10 Basis Points

Confounded Interest ^ | 08/13/2013 | Anthony B. Sanders

[whitedog57]

Global sovereign yields jumped almost 10 basis points (except for Greece).

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And as of 11am EST, the US Treasury 10 year yield rose almost 9 basis points as retail sales rose in July for a fourth consecutive month.

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The US Treasury yield curve steepened (of course, it looks like the Treasury 10 year yield increase since the short-end of the curve is low and seemingly constant).

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The Fannie Mae 3.0% agency MBS continues its fall from May 1, 2013. I reach a plateau since mid July but may start falling again.

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And the Dow Jones is down another 50 or so. It has not been pretty since August 2nd.

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Retail sales up, Dow down. Could it be that investors are worried about The Fed tapering? Could it be that our economy is so weak that we are dependent on Fed cocaine?

[whitedog57]

The answer is yes.

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[Revel]

The US 10 year Yield was pretty much this high just a week or so ago. Then it slowly dropped way down. It could be normal market action, but I don’t think anything is normal market action anymore. I think the FED and the Treasury have ways to manipulate the rates back down.