Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 1 Jul; US yields continue to rise w/longer end up the most | Forexlive

The USD moved higher today pushed by the rise in yields that saw the yield curve steepen once again.

Markets are reacting to a number of things in the debt market. Adam highlighted those ideas in his post HERE.

However, what seems to be the main driver is the markets perception that a Trump presidency will lead to a steeper yield curve on the back of more tax stimulus leading to more growth. That growth would the potential for more inflation. In addition, the enactment of more tariffs could also lead to higher inflation if a tariff trade war ensues.

The 2-10 year treasury spread has moved to -28.9 basis point which is up sharply from -50.9 basis points at the lows from last Tuesday of last week. The 2-30 year yield spread is up to -12.9 basis points after being as low as -37 basis points just last week. Although still negative, the yield curve is getting decisively less negative – especially since the debate on Thursday.

Today former president Trump was given relief from the Supreme Court after its ruling that the President should be give broad immunity. That will likely lead to the prosecution from January 6 being less likely and give the President and his staff more time to focus on the election. Coming off the Biden performance at last week’s debate and the Democratic Party’s seeming decision to keep Biden as their candidate, it has the market feeling that Trump – and the Republicans – may sweep to victory in November.

Looking at the yield curve changes today:

• 2 year yield 4.759%, +4.0 basis points.
• 5-year yield 4.429%, +9.9 basis points.
• 10 year yield 4.469% +12.6 basis points
• 30-year yield 4.631%, +12.9 basis points

Looking at the changes in the foreign exchange, the USD was mostly higher, but was still behind the EUR and the GBP for strongest honors to start the trading week. The USD was the strongest vs the CHF, CAD and JPY.

For the USDJPY, it moved to another new high for the year and to the highest level going back to January 1987. The high price today reached 161.72. The high price from 1990 reached 160.40. That is now a risk-defining level for buyers. As long as the price can remain above that 1990 high level, the buyers remain in full control and the door remains open for further gains in the USDJPY pair.