THE BOND MARKET IS SCREAMING AND JOLTS IS THE MEGAPHONE

JOLTS came in at 7.271 million, below the 7.3M expected, but above the prior 7.182M.

Quits also fell: 3.056M vs. 3.232M.

And the rest of today’s data follows the same line:

🇺🇸ISM Manufacturing: 54.6 vs. 55.2 expected

🏭New orders: 53.7 vs. 56.7 prior

💰Prices paid: 71.1 vs. 72 expected

📉Construction Spending: -0.5% vs. 0% expected

We do have some slowdown in activity and the job market, but still far from a collapse scenario.

And this is happening exactly while:

🇺🇸US10Y: 4.79%

🇯🇵Japan 10Y: 3%

🇪🇺European yields are rising

🛢️Brent: US$ 92+

🇺🇸market pricing in a higher chance of the Fed in September

So JOLTS brought a small relief to the hawkish thesis, but the bond market is still the main character.

NOTE: I’m keeping an eye on US10Y + oil + BTC.

Because if the 10Y keeps rising even as employment data cools off, we have a much bigger problem than JOLTS.

Are these data enough for yields to breathe, or is the market already looking ahead to Friday’s PAYROLL?

PLACE YOUR BETS.