Charts of the Week
A Flood of T-Bill Issuance
November 10, 2023
T-bills are accounting for a rising percentage of outstanding debt in the U.S., surpassing the 20% limit typically advocated by the TBAC.
T-bills are accounting for a rising percentage of outstanding debt in the U.S., surpassing the 20% limit typically advocated by the TBAC.
Worsening loan conditions have yet to send high-yield spreads wider. It is worth noting the index contains higher quality bonds than in past crises.
With excess savings dwindling, consumer loan data takes on increased importance.
Key card swipes, public transportation, and mobile phone usage all point to office usage settling in around 2.5 to 3 days a week in the office.
The number of homes sold each month has fallen considerably from the January 2021 high. In September, 405k homes were sold.
The United States can generate energy from a range of resources, but its main source is natural gas. Natural gas has two big uses: electricity generation and space heating. Because of its use in space heating, natural gas usage tends to be highly seasonal.
A long-term look at real rates
Some interesting charts from our recent posts
The recent rally in bonds looks like a short cover rally with little follow-through. The larger downtrend in prices, or uptrend in yields, is still intact.
Today's topics include do Treasury auctions matter?, pricing in global rate cuts, yield curve control in the U.S.?, poking holes at the goldilocks economy, more Fedspeak, the BoJ leans dovish when dealing with inflation, zombie firms, bond market uncertainty, and quantifying the pain in commercial real estate, secular inflation
Today's topics include still betting on a pivot, the government's interest costs continue to rise, is the Sahm Rule temporarily broken?, Fedspeak, the easy part of the fight against inflation is over, misunderstanding the basis trade, credit card delinquencies on the rise, and bond bulls remain resolute