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Rising bond prices mean lower interest rates, indicating that the market is betting on rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
What are they saying?
The committee that sets interest rates is meeting this week, and the big question is whether — and when — they’ll start cutting.
The Bank of Japan’s “yield curve control policy” could be on its way out as central banks around the world raise rates to beat inflation.
Jerome Powell spoke Oct. 19 and said the Federal Open Market Committee would be “proceeding carefully.”
The yield hit a 16-year record Tuesday. Could that mean trouble for the Federal Reserve’s effort to cool inflation and prevent a recession?
The $24 trillion Treasury bond market plays an important role in the global financial system. Is there any viable alternative?
Why bonds lose value when the Fed hikes interest rates and what that has to do with banks.
The yield for a two-year note is roughly a whole percentage point higher than the yield on the 10-year Treasury right now. And that often precedes a recession.
Bond investors look at the jobs report for clues about wage growth and inflation.