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Long Treasury yields test multi-decade highs, keeping funding costs in focus
Reuters reported the 10-year Treasury yield at 5.278% on September 29, near its highest level since 2007, and the 30-year at its highest since 2002. The Financial Times independently reported the same 30-year milestone. These are attributed intraday market observations, adding a new development to the earlier oil-and-yields coverage.
Summary
Reuters reported the 10-year Treasury yield at 5.278% on September 29, near its highest level since 2007, and the 30-year at its highest since 2002. The Financial Times independently reported the same 30-year milestone. These are attributed intraday market observations, adding a new development to the…
Treasury yields touch a 24-year high as oil nears $100 and AI shares find support
Global bonds sold off as energy costs and inflation worries lifted yields. The 10-year Treasury reached 5.34% before easing to 5.28%; Micron’s strong AI-memory demand helped tech shares.
Summary
Global bonds sold off as energy costs and inflation worries lifted yields. The 10-year Treasury reached 5.34% before easing to 5.28%; Micron’s strong AI-memory demand helped tech shares.
U.S. stocks rebound as Treasury yields retreat from session highs
After the 10-year Treasury yield briefly reached 5.34%, yields turned lower and major U.S. indexes closed modestly higher on October 1. The Dow rose 0.04%, the S&P 500 0.20% and the Nasdaq Composite 0.04%.
Analysis
The Treasury’s daily par-yield curve ended October 1 at 4.78% for two-year notes and 5.24% for 10-year notes, down 10 and 5 basis points from September 30. Reuters linked the intraday reversal to buyers returning to bonds and Federal Reserve comments. A single-session move does not establish a lasting…
An equity rebound. The same higher-rate constraint.
Friday’s rally left the more consequential credit signal intact: the 2-year Treasury near 4.81% and the 10-year near 5.17%. Funding discipline remains important despite the one-session equity move.
Uncertainty
These are September 25 closing observations. Treasury yields are benchmarks, not a bank’s all-in funding cost.
Dallas Fed's Logan sees at least 50 more basis points of tightening
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan said she estimates the federal-funds target may need to rise at least another 50 basis points after September's 25-basis-point increase. She cited resilient growth, a balanced labor market and inflation trending toward the mid-2% range, above the Fed's 2% goal.
Analysis
Logan's view arrives as markets have lowered the implied odds of an October increase and Treasury yields reversed their climb. She also noted that higher long-term yields can reflect term premiums that slow the economy, potentially reducing the amount of additional policy tightening needed. Her estimate…
Oil and yields rise: credit cards and long-term installments face different pressures
Reuters’ September 28 morning report described higher oil prices and longer-dated Treasury yields following renewed uncertainty over negotiations with Iran. Its cited market snapshot was 8:40 AM Eastern, not a closing observation. Separately, Freddie Mac’s September 24 weekly survey put the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 7.03%, up from 6.95%. Together, the developments put funding costs and household purchasing power in focus, but they do not mean that every consumer loan reprices immediately.
Summary
Reuters’ September 28 morning report described higher oil prices and longer-dated Treasury yields following renewed uncertainty over negotiations with Iran. Its cited market snapshot was 8:40 AM Eastern, not a closing observation. Separately, Freddie Mac’s September 24 weekly survey put the average 30-year…
Past week in markets: soft payrolls lift Friday, but yields finish higher
The Nasdaq gained 0.45% over the five sessions through October 2, while the S&P 500 fell 0.27%, the Dow declined 1.26% and the Russell 2000 slipped 0.16%. The 2-year Treasury yield rose 2 basis points and the 10-year yield increased 11 basis points from the prior Friday.
Five-session scoreboard
…close, covering the five U.S. trading sessions from September 28 through October 2. Treasury changes use the Treasury Department's official daily par yields for September 25 and October 2.