10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.00% as 30-Year Nears 5.4%
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Updated · carsongroup.com · Sep 16
10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.00% as 30-Year Nears 5.4%
3 articles · Updated · carsongroup.com · Sep 16
Summary
Long-end Treasury yields extended their climb, with the 10-year closing at 5.00% and the 30-year approaching 5.4% after a sharp recent run-up.
Hot economic growth, a strong labor market, stubborn inflation, higher oil prices and heavy deficit spending have pushed longer maturities up far more than short-term bills.
The curve has flipped from last year's inversion: one-month bills are slightly lower after Fed cuts, while the 10-year is up about 1 percentage point and the 30-year about 70 basis points.
Nearly 2 million Treasury bond futures contracts are held short—near a 20-year high—leaving rates especially sensitive to any positive inflation or geopolitical news.
Higher yields have hurt bond portfolios, but they also make high-quality fixed income unusually attractive, with municipals offering about 7.2% tax-equivalent yields and the broad Agg yielding 5.3%.