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title: US Trade Deficit Widens to Biggest in More Than a Year
description: "Treasuries (close 2026-07-06): 2s 4.13%, 10s 4.48%, 30s 4.99%. Tape (close 2026-07-06): VIX 15.57, 2s10s +35bp. The full read is on Helious."
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Daily brief
              07 Jul 2026, 21:05 UTC



# US Trade Deficit Widens to Biggest in More Than a Year — desk brief, Tue 07 Jul 2026



            Treasuries (close 2026-07-06): 2s 4.13%, 10s 4.48%, 30s 4.99%.

Tape (close 2026-07-06): VIX 15.57, 2s10s +35bp.

Narrative: A week later and not much has changed with the Strait of Hormuz situation

What mattered:

- US Trade Deficit Widens to Biggest in More Than a Year
- Canadian Trade Balance Actual 4.24B (Forecast 2.5B, Previous 2.72B)
- US International Trade balance -$77.6B vs -$78.5B estimate
- Canada May trade balance $4.24 billion vs $2.85 billion expected
- European FX news wrap: Markets remain rangebound amid lack of catalysts






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