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Bonds steady after solid growth data briefly lifts yields

NEW YORK: US Treasuries were steady on Friday, after yields briefly rose on data showing that US economic growth slo
Published July 26, 2019

NEW YORK: US Treasuries were steady on Friday, after yields briefly rose on data showing that US economic growth slowed less than expected in the second quarter.

The data adds to recent evidence that the economy is improving even as global growth weakens.

Gross domestic product increased at a 2.1% annualized rate in the second quarter as a surge in consumer spending blunted some of the drag from declining exports and a smaller inventory build.

"The strength here is encouraging," said Tom Simons, a money market economist at Jefferies in New York. "We're seeing some evidence that things are accelerating here at the end of Q2 and into Q3."

The Federal Reserve is viewed as certain to cut rates when it meets next week even as the US economy improves.

Fed officials have cited concerns about the global manufacturing slowdown and inflation remaining below its target of 2% a year. The ongoing US-China trade war is also damaging business sentiment.

But the Fed is viewed as less likely to cut rates by 50 basis points given the US economic improvement, with a 25-basis-point decrease more widely expected.

"Anybody who's still thinking that the Fed is considering going 50 basis points next Wednesday should probably abandon that expectation now at this point," Simons said.

Benchmark 10-year Treasuries  fell 1/32 in price to yield 2.077%, up from 2.074% late on Thursday. The yields

rose as high as 2.100% immediately after the GDP data.

Interest rate futures traders are pricing in only a 19 percent chance of a 50-basis-point cut by the Fed at next week's meeting, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool.

Copyright Reuters, 2019

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