[MIDDAY UPDATE:] Data Deluge
- No deals were announced today
- Stocks: DOW (+345), S&P500 (+0.27%) and NASDAQ (+0.05%)
- Treasury yields are lower with the benchmark 10yr yielding 3.766% (-3bp), the long bond yielding 4.101% (-3bp), and the 2yr yielding 3.598% (-3bp)
- Corporate spreads are unchanged with the average high grade bond trading 92bp over comparable Treasuries
- Traders in the Fed Funds future market are putting the odds of a 25bp rate cut in November at 45.9% down from 49.6% last week, with a 50bp cut at 54.1% up from 50.4% last week
- Personal Income rose 0.2% in August, lower than the 0.4% expected
- Personal Spending rose 0.2% as well, vs expectations of 0.3%
- Core PCE rose 0.1% on a MoM basis, lower than expectations of 0.2%
- Wholesale Inventories were 0.2% higher in August, in line with expectations
- U of Michigan Sentiment rose to 70.1 vs expectations of 69.4
2024 HIGH GRADE ISSUANCE- 09/23 WEEK, SEPTEMBER & 2024 ESTIMATES
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09/23 WK | LO EST | AVE EST | HI EST | ACTUAL | SEP | LO EST | AVE EST | HI EST | ACTUAL | 2024 | LO EST | AVE EST | HI EST | ACTUAL |
EX-SSA | $37,000 | EX-SSA | $170,200 | EX-SSA | $1.350B | $1,286,158 | ||||||||
OVERALL | $52,070 | OVERALL | $216,185 | OVERALL | $1,626,443 |
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2024 HIGH GRADE ISSUANCE - RECENT MANDATES
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ANNOUNCED | ISSUER | RATINGS | MGRS | CALL | DEAL |
7-Aug | FARMERS INSURANCE | BAA3/BBB+ | BOA/C/JPM/WFS | 7-Aug | 40NC30 SURPLUS NOTES |
9-Sep | SP GROUP | AA1/AA+ | BNP/MS | 23-Sep |
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