Trump’s focus on 10-year Treasury yield to cut borrowing costs raises curiosity — and problems

• 2-year Treasury yield ends at lowest level in a week as Fed meeting shifts into focus

  Yields on U.S. government debt finished lower on Friday and were little changed for the week, as traders absorbed President Donald Trump’s views on interest rates and China.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 24

• 2-year Treasury yield ends lower after Trump’s ‘demand’ for lower interest rates

  The 2-year Treasury note rallied modestly on Thursday, sending its yield lower for the first time in four sessions, after President Donald Trump displayed a willingness to pressure Federal Reserve ...
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 23

• 2-year Treasury yield ends at 1-week high, with focus on Trump tariffs

  Treasury yields finished higher on Wednesday, with the policy-sensitive 2-year rising for a third consecutive session, as traders continued to weigh the prospect of tariffs under the second Trump ...
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 22

• 10-year Treasury yield ends at 2025 low on no immediate tariff pledge by Trump

  Yields on U.S. government debt finished mostly lower on Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s decision to not immediately announce a swath of tariffs on U.S. imports.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 21
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  Trump Treasury Pick Scott Bessent Defends Plans to Cut Taxes and Raise Tariffs

  Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be Treasury secretary, will be in charge of steering the president’s economic agenda if confirmed by the Senate.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 16

• Treasury yields end at lowest levels in weeks on rate-cut possibilities

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  MarketWatch - Jan. 16

• Spike in UK borrowing costs raises specter of public spending cuts

  Former U.K. Finance Minister Vince Cable told CNBC on Friday that the UK was not in an "emergency panic situation," but was stuck in a low-growth trap.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 13

• Why a 5% 10-year Treasury yield could be a buying opportunity

  Investors may look back and “see points in time” when Treasury yields were approaching 5% and investors should have been buying, according to PGIM’s head of global bonds.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 9
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  UK 10-year borrowing costs hit highest level since 2008

  Treasury seeks to reassure markets as gilt sell-off threatens the government’s ability to meet its fiscal rules
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 8
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  Trump ‘considering national economic emergency declaration’ to allow new tariffs; UK 10-year borrowing costs highest since 2008 – business live

  Bond selloff drives yield on 10-year UK bonds to highest since 2008 financial crisis. Rise in UK borrowing costs could push Reeves to new public spending cuts Two UK investment trusts have ...
  
  The Guardian - Jan. 8

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