Bonds Think About Rallying on ADP Data, But Already Getting Cold Feet

Bonds Think About Rallying on ADP Data, But Already Getting Cold Feet

ADP employment was this morning's key economic report and it came out sharply weaker than expected (-33k vs 95k f'cast). There are many past examples of a "miss" of this size prompting a swift rally on the bond market.  Although that looked like it could have been in the works in the first few minutes, bonds have since reversed course and moved back in line with weaker overnight levels.  What's up with that? To some extent, global bond markets are experiencing some pressure from a massive rout in UK debt over fiscal spending fears.  Then there's the simple fact that ADP has such a hit and miss track record when it comes to predicting NFP. Recently, ADP has drifted much lower without NFP following suit.

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UMBS 5.5 99.85 -0.08 10YR 4.285% +0.046% 7/2/2025 5:00PM EST
ADP employment was this morning's key economic report and it came out sharply weaker than expected (-33k vs 95k f'cast). There are many past examples of a "miss" of this size prompting a swift rally on the bond market.  Although that looked like it could have been in the works in the first few minutes, bonds have since reversed course and moved back in line with weaker overnight levels.  What's up with that? To some extent, global bond markets are experiencing some ...   READ MORE
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Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Jul 02
7:00AM Jun/27 MBA Purchase Index Jun/27 165.3 165.2
7:00AM Jun/27 MBA Refi Index Jun/27 759.7 713.4
7:30AM Jun Challenger layoffs (k) Jun 47.999K 93.816K
8:15AM Jun ADP jobs (k) Jun -33K 95K 37K
10:30AM Jun/27 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jun/27 3.845M -2M -5.836M
Thursday, Jul 03
8:30AM May Trade Gap (bl) May $-71.5B $-71B $-61.6B
8:30AM Jun/21 Continued Claims (ml) Jun/21 1964K 1960K 1974K
8:30AM Jun Participation Rate Jun 62.3% 62.4%
8:30AM Jun Average earnings mm (%) Jun 0.2% 0.3% 0.4%
8:30AM Jun/28 Jobless Claims (k) Jun/28 233K 240K 236K
8:30AM Jun Non Farm Payrolls (k) Jun 147K 110K 139K
8:30AM Jun Unemployment rate mm (%) Jun 4.1% 4.3% 4.2%
9:45AM Jun S&P Global Composite PMI Jun 52.9 52.8 53
9:45AM Jun S&P Global Services PMI Jun 52.9 53.1 53.7
10:00AM May Factory orders mm (%) May 8.2% 8.2% -3.7%
10:00AM Jun ISM Services Prices Jun 67.5 68.7
10:00AM Jun ISM Services Employment Jun 47.2 50.7
10:00AM Jun ISM Biz Activity Jun 54.2 50.0
10:00AM Jun ISM N-Mfg PMI Jun 50.8 50.5 49.9
11:00AM Fed Bostic Speech
2:00PM Happy 4th!!
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