Tag: Bonds

March 20, 2023

President Biden’s massive government spending caused inflation that led to the collapse of a big bank, by shrinking the value of its long-term loans and bonds. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last week, in the second-biggest bank failure in American history. […]

December 18, 2020

U.S. Bancorp today announced the redemption on December 29, 2020, of all its outstanding 2.35% Medium-Term Notes, Series V (Senior), due January 29, 2021 (CUSIP No. 91159HHL7). The redemption price for the Medium-Term Notes will be equal to $1,000 per […]

August 10, 2020

Long-term U.S. Treasury yields rose on Monday as traders made room for this week’s record auctions of government bonds, which will finance the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, 0.579% rose […]

January 2, 2020

U.S. Treasury yields slipped Thursday in the first trading session of 2020, even though investors were scooping up risk assets such as equities as fears of a global economic slowdown diminished and investors remained optimistic about a partial resolution of […]

September 12, 2019

U.S. Treasury yields and European government bond yields fell sharply on Thursday after the European Central Bank lowered its key deposit rate and exceeded investors expectations with the resumption of its bond-buying program. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury […]

August 26, 2019

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hit a multiyear low in overnight trading on Monday, but later returned to near break-even levels, after President Donald Trump’s shifting tone on the U.S.’s recent broadside of tariffs against China whipsawed equity and bond […]

July 26, 2019

Much has been made of the outcropping of negative yielding bonds across the globe. Some $13 trillion in sovereign debt now bears a negative yield, which means that investors get back less than their original investments for the privilege and […]

July 8, 2019

U.S. government debt prices rose on Monday as investors continued to digest stronger-than-expected jobs data. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.0268%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond dipped to 2.5318%. Bond yields move […]

March 5, 2019

Treasury yield bounced back from the previous session’s decline, ahead of a gauge of the service sector’s health. The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.60% picked up 2.2 basis points to 2.744%, while the 2-year note yield TMUBMUSD02Y, +0.16% added […]

February 28, 2019

U.S. Treasury prices retreated, nudging yields higher, on Thursday after a reading of gross domestic product for the fourth quarter showed that the economy in 2018 grew at its fastest clip since 2015. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note […]

February 21, 2019

The Federal Reserve is likely near the end of interest rate increases and the program to reduce the bonds it holds on its balance sheet, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Thursday. “I think the message from my point […]

January 4, 2019

Treasury yields extended their surge on early Friday after the jobs report suggested the labor market remains healthy despite the growing pessimism over the economy’s fortunes, heightening the likelihood the Federal Reserve will raise rates in 2019. Investors will also […]

November 26, 2018

Treasury yields edged higher on Monday trading, ahead of a key debt auction that could indicate investors’ appetite for short-dated U.S. government paper. The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, +1.05% is up a single basis point to 3.064%. The 2-year […]

November 9, 2018

Treasury yields pulled back in early Friday trading, as stocks across the world slipped on concerns over China’s economic slowdown. The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, -0.57% was down 2.2 basis points to 3.210%, while the 2-year note yield TMUBMUSD02Y, […]

September 21, 2018

Treasury yields were mostly unchanged on early Friday trading as traders looked ahead to next week’s meeting by the Federal Reserve, where a rate increase is expected. The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.34% was flat at 3.080%, close to […]

September 20, 2018

Treasury yields pulled back slightly early Thursday trading ahead of data that will give the latest read on the labor and housing market’s health. The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.58% was down 0.9 basis point to 3.074%, but still […]

August 17, 2018

Treasury yields fell Friday at the end a week of range-bound as trading as demand for U.S. government paper rose when the Turkish lira resumed its decline and weighed on risk sentiment. The yield for the benchmark 10-year note TMUBMUSD10Y, […]

July 19, 2018

It has been more than three years since the “Up and Down Wall Street” section in Barron’s featured a column titled “German Bunds: The Short of the Century.” While I would characterize the headline as bombastic, it was not the […]

June 15, 2018

U.S. government bonds saw bidding early Friday, extending a yield decline for Treasurys a day after the European Central Bank set the stage for unwinding its bond-buying program by the end of 2018 but laid out a less aggressive plan […]