7th February 2022

  • Traders Boost Bets on Super-Sized March Fed Hike on Jobs Blowout

Swaps price in roughly even odds of a 50-basis-point liftoff

Would mark Fed’s biggest interest-rate increase since 2000

https://blinks.bloomberg.com/news/stories/R6SK66T1UM18

  • Bond Bears Brace for Challenges From Consumer Prices, Auctions

Surge in yields sparked by hot jobs report needs reinforcement

Hawkish repricing of European bond markets abetted the selloff

https://blinks.bloomberg.com/news/stories/R6QPB9T0G1L2

  • U.S. 30-Year Real Yield Turns Positive as Fed Hike Bets Increase

Better-than-expected jobs data adds fuel to Fed tightening bet

Yield curve flattened as shorter-end yields leap higher

https://blinks.bloomberg.com/news/stories/R6SDNUT0G1KX

  • Oil Fluctuates as Red-Hot Rally Cools After Seven Weekly Gains

Saudi Aramco raises its crude prices for customers for March

Brent crude oil futures touch $94 a barrel before retreating

https://blinks.bloomberg.com/news/stories/R6X2O0DWLU69

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