Notes for Wed, Jun 03, 2026

Iran-Hormuz, hot JOLTS, and Alphabet dilution all hit the tape and the curve barely moved; we fade hawkish JOLTS and watch oil.

Loud day, quiet print

We don't think today's tape rewrites the book. Three loud headlines hit, Iran-Hormuz risk repricing crude +7% intraday before Trump talked it back^[1], a 731K JOLTS beat that lit up the hawks^[2], and Alphabet's $80bn equity raise^[3], and the curve barely moved through any of it. The front end stayed pinned and the long end held the late-May rally. Positioning was already short duration into Friday's NFP; the marginal hawk got fed last week.

The JOLTS print looks broken under the hood. 668K of the 731K openings gain came from one professional-and-business-services bucket, while hires fell 419K and quits cratered to 2020 lows^[4]. That's a data-anomaly signature, not a labor-tightness regime shift. We fade the hawkish read until NFP corroborates Friday, this is a 2-3bp front-end impulse, not a re-rate. The alternate read is real tightness with employers desperate for talent they can't retain; we don't buy that with quits collapsing, but a 200K+ NFP with firm wages forces a cover.

ECB is the cleaner setup. Euro headline 3.2%, core 2.55%, services 3.5% locks June at 25bp^[5], but May PMIs contracted sharply and both Goldman and Rehn flag growth headwinds beyond June^[6]. We fade terminal extension and don't own outright receiving, services at 3.5% keeps a September insurance hike on the table.

Funding firm, dealer balance sheet warning

SOFR closed 6/01 at 3.65%^[7], +2bp from Friday, and GCF UST followed at 3.685%^[8]. EFFR held 3.62%^[9], leaving SOFR-IORB at +2bp, well in band. The month-end RRP spike to $11.7bn on 5/29^[10] unwound cleanly to $1.3bn on 6/01^[11]. No funding stress, no plumbing read across into the belly.

The specials sheet is the live signal. The new 30Y (912810UV8) ran at 14.4bp with $1.85bn accepted^[12], and the May 10Y reopening (91282CQQ7) at 11.5bp with $8.73bn accepted^[13], both well above floor with size. That's dealers short fresh long-end and belly paper post-refunding-settlement, consistent with primary dealer net Treasury holdings at $472bn on 5/20^[14], near the cycle high. Inventory is the constraint here, not directional conviction. If 10Y breaks 4.50% on a hot NFP, short-covering in CQQ7 gets ugly fast.

Into NFP

Term premium is doing the work. THREEFYTP10 sat at 0.83 on 5/22^[15], up from 0.61 in late April^[16], that move is what's been driving the long end, not Fed path. Our setup into Friday: light long the front end, paid term premium via 10s30s steepener. The view breaks if Iran resolves cleanly and JOLTS is confirmed by NFP, that flattens and rallies the tape. It also breaks the other way if Hormuz actually closes; we cover the steepener immediately on confirmed transit disruption.

Assumes Treasury holds the May refunding cadence and TGA rebuilds aren't large enough to drain reserves materially. WALCL printed $6.70tn on 5/27^[17], balance sheet flat, no surprise into June. Note the DGS yield feed hasn't ingested past 5/29 close; we're framing off that print and the live tape from commentary.

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Citations

1. [1]+7% intraday before Trump talked it back (Iran deal stalling + fresh escalation risk repriced oil +7% intraday before Trump talked it down) — Commentary · zerohedge.com
2. [2]731K JOLTS beat that lit up the hawks (April JOLTS shows 731K surge in job openings (consensus flat), a 9-sigma beat) — Commentary · zerohedge.com
3. [3]$80bn equity raise (Alphabet's $80bn equity raise signals capex funding constraints) — Commentary · zerohedge.com
4. [4]668K of the 731K openings gain came from one professional-and-business-services bucket, while hires fell 419K and quits cratered to 2020 lows (668K spike in professional/business services that lacks clear justification… quits cratered to 2020 lows and hires fell 419K) — Commentary · zerohedge.com
5. [5]Euro headline 3.2%, core 2.55%, services 3.5% locks June at 25bp (EA headline 3.2% YoY and core 2.55% lock in June 25bp hike (98% on Polymarket)) — Commentary · zerohedge.com
6. [6]both Goldman and Rehn flag growth headwinds beyond June (Goldman and Rehn both signal caution beyond June given May activity contracted sharpest since 2023) — Commentary · zerohedge.com
7. [7]SOFR closed 6/01 at 3.65% (SOFR 2026-06-01: 3.65000%) — NY Fed SOFR · Jun 1, 2026
8. [8]GCF UST followed at 3.685% (2026-06-01: MBS 3.70500 / UST 3.68500) — DTCC GCF repo · Jun 1, 2026
9. [9]EFFR held 3.62% (EFFR 2026-06-01: 3.62000%) — NY Fed EFFR · Jun 1, 2026
10. [10]month-end RRP spike to $11.7bn on 5/29 (RRPONTSYD 2026-05-29: 11.67700000) — FRED RRPONTSYD · May 29, 2026
11. [11]$1.3bn on 6/01 (RRPONTSYD 2026-06-01: 1.30200000) — FRED RRPONTSYD · Jun 1, 2026
12. [12]new 30Y (912810UV8) ran at 14.4bp with $1.85bn accepted (912810UV8 (T 05.000 05/15/46) at 14.4 bp, $1.85B accepted) — Observation · observation:seclend_observations:912810UV8:2026-06-01
13. [13]May 10Y reopening (91282CQQ7) at 11.5bp with $8.73bn accepted (91282CQQ7 (T 04.375 05/15/36) at 11.5 bp, $8.73B accepted) — Observation · observation:seclend_observations:91282CQQ7:2026-06-01
14. [14]primary dealer net Treasury holdings at $472bn on 5/20 (NYPD-PD_SB_T_TOT-A 2026-05-20: 472379000000) — OFR NYPD-PD_SB_T_TOT-A · May 20, 2026
15. [15]THREEFYTP10 sat at 0.83 on 5/22 (THREEFYTP10 2026-05-22: 0.82850000) — FRED THREEFYTP10 · May 22, 2026
16. [16]up from 0.61 in late April (THREEFYTP10 2026-04-17: 0.61580000) — FRED THREEFYTP10 · Apr 17, 2026
17. [17]WALCL printed $6.70tn on 5/27 (WALCL 2026-05-27: 6704383) — FRED WALCL · May 27, 2026

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