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Interest rates on U.S. bonds are economic crystal balls — if you know how to read them

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Feb 22, 2023

The markets that set the yield on bonds are trying to predict the economic future.

Yields for government debt like Treasury notes are set by where the market thinks the economy is headed.

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