September business inventories: +0.2% vs. +0.1% estimate

Group 1 - Business inventories for September are expected to increase by 0.1%, but the actual figure shows an increase of 210 million, marking the third consecutive reading of a 0.2% increase in this data series, which matches levels seen in June and February [1] Group 2 - The long-end yields are showing sticky behavior, hovering around the 4.16% to 4.17% range, remaining virtually unchanged [2] - There is observed buying in the short end of the yield curve, which is pushing yields down and steepening the yield curve [2]