Treasury yields slide after monthly retail sales swing lower in January
Treasury yields fell Friday, with an unexpectedly weak reading in January retail sales prompting investors to seek out safety in U.S. bonds. The 10-year yield (US10Y) and the shorter-end 2-year yield ...
Traders are betting that bond yields could soon hit a dangerous level for stocks
Yields edged up this week after a hotter-than-expected inflation report. Some traders are now eyeing the 10-year bond hitting ...
30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall Again
Rewinding further, the 30-year average notched a high 7.37% last spring, so today's rates are significantly improved vs. 10 months ago. They're also almost 1.2 percentage points cheaper than the ...
Newman: Trump’s biggest economic vulnerability has emerged
Three weeks into his second presidential term, Donald Trump is largely getting his way on Cabinet nominees, deregulation, ...
Which Interest Rate Should You Care About?
The Fed’s short-term rates matter, but the main action now is in the 10-year Treasury market, which influences mortgages, ...
Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage eases to 6.87%, fourth straight weekly decline
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the fourth week in a row, an encouraging sign for prospective home shoppers as the spring homebuying season gets underway. The average rate ...
Treasury’s $25 billion auction of 30-year bonds produces soft results
Thursday afternoon's $25 billion sale of 30-year Treasury bonds tailed by 1.1 basis points and was met with slightly below-average bidding by nondealers, according to BMO Capital Markets strategist ...
Treasury yields retreat after latest inflation report
Treasury yields cooled early Thursday, easing some of the pressure on stock futures, after the latest wholesale inflation data. Here is where bond yields stood in recent trade: The yield on the 2-year ...
My Burgers And Bonds Checklist
My kids and I have now become burger connoisseurs of sorts, and on each trip, big city or small, big village or small, we ...
10-year Treasury yield drops by most in a month on hope for Fed's favored inflation gauge
Data released on Thursday showed that wholesale prices rose sharply in January amid persistent inflation pressures. The producer-price index increased 0.4% last month versus the 0.3% median estimate ...
Why the bull market in stocks can live with higher inflation
Markets seem to be finding an "equilibrium" in a strong U.S. economy, after Treasury bond rates climbed Wednesday as traders adjusted to a hotter-than-forecast U.S. inflation report, according to ...
The Curious Case Of The Term Premium
The bond market shows unusual bear steepening, where long-term yields rise faster than short-term. Learn how investors should ...