Treasury yields

10-year US Treasury yield tops 4.9% as oil spike compounds Bessent buyback misfire

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's effort to tame surging bond yields with an outsized debt buyback fell flat on Wednesday, as yields on U.S. government debt climbed to their highest levels in nearly three years — and kept rising Thursday amid…

US-China bond yield gap hits record 317 basis points

The gap between U.S. and Chinese government borrowing costs has widened to its largest level on record, underscoring a stark divergence between the world's two biggest economies as inflation fears grip one and deflationary pressures weigh on the other.

Oil surge past $90 fuels dollar rally, rate hike bets

Crude oil prices surged well above $90 per barrel in the first week of September as renewed U.S.-Iran military strikes threatened Middle East supply lines, sending the dollar higher and pushing the 10-year Treasury yield toward 5% in a convergence…

Asian stocks fall as Treasury yield rebound rattles global markets

Asian stock markets opened broadly lower on Friday, August 21, tracking a sharp decline on Wall Street as rising bond yields and weak retail data from Walmart dampened risk appetite across the region.

UBS urges investors into short-term bonds as 30-year yields hit 19-year high

UBS analysts are urging investors to load up on short- and medium-maturity bonds, arguing that the front end of the yield curve offers a compelling income buffer even as long-dated government debt suffers its worst selloff in nearly two decades.

U.S. 30-year Treasury yield hits highest since 2007 amid global bond rout

Long-term borrowing costs across the world's largest economies surged to their highest levels in decades on Tuesday, August 18, as fading hopes for a U.S.-Iran peace deal pushed oil prices above $90 a barrel while a flood of AI-related corporate…

$1 trillion AI capex wave may keep bond markets volatile, Robeco says

A wave of capital spending tied to artificial intelligence could flood bond markets with new supply and keep fixed-income trading volatile for the foreseeable future, according to a senior executive at Robeco.

Alphabet’s century bond loses 10% as surging yields rattle tech debt

A sharp rise in long-term Treasury yields and a renewed surge in oil prices are rattling the corporate debt market for technology companies, exposing vulnerabilities in hundreds of billions of dollars of borrowing tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Bitcoin slides below $65K as oil tops $100 a barrel

Bitcoin slid below $65,000 on July 23, extending a cautious retreat from risk assets as an explosion aboard an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz sent crude prices above $100 a barrel and revived inflation fears across global markets.

Brent crude briefly tops $100 as Middle East attacks rattle oil and bond markets

The bond market sell-off deepened on Thursday as Brent crude briefly topped $100 per barrel for the first time since late May, driving U.S. Treasury yields higher and intensifying fears that energy-driven inflation will force the Federal Reserve to raise…