End of Day Summary – May 8, 2026

Intraday News  •  May 8, 2026
Edited by Kristen Radosh

US Treasuries

  • Treasuries rallied on strong jobs data
  • 10s closed on Friday at 4.36 [Friday’s range in 10s: 4.34/4.39
  • 2s closed on Friday at 3.87 [Friday’s range in 2s: 3.87/3.925]
  • 2y – 5y:   + 12  bps
  • 2y – 10y: + 47 bps  

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Commodities

  • Gold rose to $4,723 an ounce [87% of its recent high of $5,417 an ounce on 1/28/26] 
  • Silver rose to $80.52 an ounce [69% of its recent high of $116.70 an an ounce on 1/28/26]

TIPS by Maturity (data through 4/29/2026)

Week over Week Changes by Maturity

  • < 2 years: $23.8 Bn on 4/22/2026 to $24.4 Bn on 4/29/2026 = $0.6 Bn
  • 2 – 6 years: $4.6 Bn  on 4/22/26 to $4.8 Bn on 4/29/2026 = $0.2 Bn
  • 6 – 11 years: $1.7 Bn on 4/22/2026 to $1.7 Bn on 4/29/2026 = $0.0 Bn
  • > 11 years: $893 Mn on 4/22/2026 to $1,550 Mn on 4/29/2026 = $657 Mn


U.S. Treasury Trade Fails

As of 5/7/2026, U.S. Treasury Fails were $22.78 billion and U.S. Agency Fails were $4.96 million.


Intraday Commentary From Jim Bianco

Here is a chart of real wages (wage growth minus inflation). Note that March was just 0.2% (y/y wage growth was 0,2% higher than y/y CPI). When the April CPI is out next week, the April update of this chart should turn negative.

The red bars from 2020 to 2022 (again, inflation more than wages) really damaged the public psyche (and particularly the bottom of the K). Is another series of red bars coming, and what will that do to the public’s psyche this time?

Restated, this chart will widen further, angering an already unhappy public about “affordability.”
 

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