Over the same period, the yield on the 10
Year Treasury note jumped from 1.83 % to finish the year at 2.45 %.
Mortgage rates moved higher this week as the yield on the 10 -
year Treasury note jumped above the significant psychological threshold of 3.0 %.
Not exact matches
The light green line in the chart above shows interest rates would need to
jump more than one percentage point to wipe out a
year of income in the two -
year Treasury note.
Farther out on the curve, futures on the 10 -
year U.S.
Treasury note, the most actively traded contract in the
Treasury complex, rose 7 % to 375.3 million, and options on the 10 -
year Treasury note futures
jumped 30.5 % to 128.5 million.
The yield of 10 -
year Treasury notes, which tend to rise on signs of inflation, also
jumped to its highest level since early 2014.
Since mid-March, yields on 10 -
Year Treasury notes have
jumped nearly 20 %.
Rates would need to
jump more than one percentage point to wipe out a
year of income in the two -
year U.S.
Treasury note, we estimate.
U.S.
Treasury prices tumbled, pushing yields higher across the curve; the yield on the benchmark 10 -
year note jumped 5 bps to 2.78 %, bouncing off an eight - week low, while the two -
year yield also added 5 bps to 2.29 %.