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Anyone who has their head screwed on straight is now likely really afraid of inflation. And soaring Treasury yields clearly reflect that fear. The US consumer price index for March rose 8.5% on the...
The yield curve inversion—when yield on the 2-year Treasury note exceeds that on the 10-year note—is normally considered a sign that recession is coming. But this time, analysts say, it...
The yield curve on US Treasuries is flattening, and on Monday, yield on the 5-year was higher at one point, 2.64%, than on the 30-year bond at 2.57%.This inversion is not the most watched for signs of...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell proved to be a more forceful motivator for investors in US Treasuries than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Powell said on Monday that the Fed could more...
Investors felt optimistic enough on Monday about a resolution of the Ukraine conflict that they dumped US Treasuries as concerns about inflation and the Federal Reserve’s impending cycle of...
Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note have seen significant swings over the past week as the fortunes of war do battle with inflation fears. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the increased...
On Tuesday, following Russian President Vladimir Putin's accelerated saber rattling and latest moves on Ukraine, investors are increasing their flight to safe havens, obscuring any action or inaction...
Investors in US Treasuries are being squeezed between the rock of Russia’s threat to Ukraine and the hard place of surging inflation. The consumer price index for January registered a 7.5%...
The Federal Reserve’s plan to start raising interest rates in March—maybe by half a percentage point—is putting bond market analysts in a pickle. Yield on the 2-year Treasury note,...
A perfect storm of an imminent rise in interest rates, unabated inflation, surging infections from the COVID-19 Omicron variant, and the growing possibility Russia will invade Ukraine has unsettled...
European investors are wondering how much pressure monetary tightening in the US will exert on the European Central Bank and on EU sovereign bond yields.Odds are growing that the Federal Reserve will...
A triple whammy from the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy sent Treasuries into a tailspin last week and boosted yields on the 10-year note to 1.77% by Friday. On Monday, yields spiked above...
On Monday, yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note plowed decisively through its recent 1.5% ceiling after edging above it on Friday, tacking on 13 basis points to above 1.63%. Even as snow...
Inflation is rising, the Federal Reserve is reacting slowly, and yields on the 10-year Treasury remain stubbornly low, fluctuating gently below 1.5%. What does this mean? Analysts are starting to...
There are people who listen to Boris Johnson as if he was someone to take seriously. Some of them even write commentary on the bond market.So when the British prime minister said Sunday there is a...