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10-year Treasury yield ends at three-month high on expectations for potential sweep by Republicans

Yields on U.S. government debt finished at their highest levels since July and August on Monday, as traders looked ahead toward a week of data on economic growth, inflation and the labor market.

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

Treasury’s stable coupon, auction sizes at risk from U.S. election results

Since May, the Treasury Department has guided market participants toward the idea that it won’t need to increase the size of its coupon issuances or auctions “for at least the next several ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

10-year Treasury yield closes below 4.3% after Tuesday’s initial selloff fades

Long-dated Treasury yields finished lower on Tuesday after a selloff of U.S. government debt that began during European trading hours faded by the end of the New York session.

Business - MarketWatch - October 29

Treasury failed to disclose ‘material’ spending pressures under Hunt, says OBR

Watchdog says it cannot tell how big ‘black hole’ inherited by Rachel Reeves would have been with full transparency

World - Financial Times - October 30

2-year Treasury yield sees biggest monthly rise since February 2023

Treasury yields finished little changed on Thursday after a closely followed inflation reading, but booked solid monthly increases.

Business - MarketWatch - October 31

Bond traders shake off weak jobs report, send 10-year Treasury yield to 4-month high

Long-dated Treasury yields ended at their highest levels since early July on Friday as traders looked past October’s nonfarm-payrolls report, which came in well below expectations.

Business - MarketWatch - November 1

10-year Treasury yield ends lower after strong auction as investors await election results

Long-dated Treasury yields erased their rise to end lower Tuesday following an auction of 10-year notes that met solid demand as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.

Business - MarketWatch - November 5

UK Treasury breached legal duty by failing to reveal overspend, says watchdog

OBR chair says relationship with finance ministry moving to ‘system of trust but verify’

Business - Financial Times - November 5

Treasury should have told us about overspend by law, says OBR

Richard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, says officials have questions to answer as to why details of an overspend were not shared.

10-year Treasury yield posts huge leap to 4.43% on Trump win, possible GOP Congress sweep

The pop for bond yields comes as the Trump win carries expectations that more tax cuts and steep tariffs could widen the fiscal deficit and reignite inflation.

Business - CNBC - November 6

Top Trump fundraiser lines himself up for Treasury secretary role

Billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent canvasses for deputies

World - Financial Times - November 6

10-year Treasury yield ends below 4-month high after Fed cuts rates again

Yields on long-dated U.S. government debt dropped from their highest levels since early July on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve delivered a widely expected quarter-point interest-rate cut.

Business - MarketWatch - November 7

Treasury volatility gauge plunges as bond traders navigate election, the Fed

Yields on U.S. government debt finished mixed on Friday amid lower volatility as traders absorbed the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president and the Federal Reserve’s 25-basis-point ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 8

Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked NHS bed request

NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard says the decision, in July 2020, was very disappointing.

A bond bear thinks battered Treasurys could see a year-end bounce

Investors could see a “right-now” trading opportunity take shape in long-term Treasury bonds.

Business - MarketWatch - 6 days ago

10-year Treasury yield ends at 4-month high as Trump trade gets revived

Yields on U.S. government debt finished at their highest levels since July on Tuesday as traders clung to expectations that President-elect Donald Trump’s policies will lift economic growth and ...

Business - MarketWatch - 5 days ago

Trump backer John Paulson bows out as possible Treasury secretary pick

John Paulson said he would remain in involved in implementing economic policies of President-elect Donald Trump

Business - CNBC - 5 days ago

Elliott pushes to break up Honeywell after taking $5bn stake

US activist investor wants to split the conglomerate’s aerospace and automation businesses

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Bessent and Lutnick lead Trump Treasury job race after Paulson exits

Billionaire says ‘complex’ financial ties triggered withdrawal from consideration for top US economy role

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

10-year Treasury yield is little changed after tame inflation report

Investors assessed a key inflation reading that came in as expected.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

10-, 30-year Treasury yields end at 4-month highs as investors weigh inflation risks

Yields on U.S. government debt finished mixed on Wednesday as traders weighed rising expectations for a quarter-point rate cut by the Federal Reserve in December against the potentially ...

Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago

2-year Treasury yield jumps after the close, with Powell patient about rate cuts

The policy-sensitive 2-year Treasury yield edged higher after 3 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, following fresh comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that indicated the central bank ...

Business - MarketWatch - 3 days ago

Trump’s Treasury secretary choice: Scott Bessent, Larry Kudlow or Howard Lutnick might be picked

Support for tariffs looks like a key qualification for this crucial job in the next Trump administration.

Business - MarketWatch - 2 days ago

This group of cryptocurrencies is starting to make a dent in demand for short-term Treasurys

Cryptocurrencies are making their way through the plumbing of the financial market — and one of the most interesting ways they’re doing this is by reaching into the U.S. government-debt market.