Treasury Rally Risks Running Into a $125 Billion Brick Wall
- Gains after Powell and a soft jobs report face demand test
- Shorter maturities favored as US 10-, 30-year auctions loom
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Bond traders welcomed their first clear sign of a cooling US labor market, but it’s only a part of what’s needed to fire up the truly sweeping rally they’ve been hoping for all year.
US Treasuries surged Friday after a government report showed surprising softness in jobs and wage gains last month, adding to other recent evidence of slowing growth. The news crowned a late-week advance that started Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back on the need to raise rates and signaled cuts were coming as soon as warranted by the data.