Bonds were also on the move, with yields pressing higher after falling on Monday, with the 2 -
year yield hitting 2.26 % and the 10 - year yield rising to 2.89 %.
The benchmark 10 -
year yield hit a high of 2.626 % on March 13, briefly ticking above the 2.60 % threshold that the bond - market veteran Bill Gross had said was «much more important than Dow 20,000.»
NEW YORK, Feb 5 - The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Monday as the U.S. bond market selloff levelled off after the 10 -
year yield hit a four - year peak on worries that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates faster to counter signs of wage pressure.
The Treasury yield curve has been steepening since the election, with 10 -
year yields hitting one - year highs in recent days amid a bond sell - off.
(Note: The 10 -
year yield hit its record low of 1.36 % in July of 2016.)
U.S. Treasury MarketsThe yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note hit its highest level since 2011 and the two -
year yield hit its highest market since 2008 after strong retail sales and manufacturing data.The 10 - year Treasury note, rose 9 basis points to 3.091 percent Tuesday, above the 3.03 level reached in
Not exact matches
The two -
year note
yield climbed to 2.504 percent and
hit its highest level since September 2008, when it
hit 2.542 percent.
Markets have been fretting about the 10 -
year Treasury
yield potentially
hitting and breaking 3 percent, but according to one economist this is nonsensical.
Users uploaded close to three
years» worth of footage in 2013 alone, and the viral
hits keep coming — a mid-2014 clip shot by an expectant father rushing his pregnant wife to the delivery room
yielded more than 1.8 million views in its first week on YouTube.
U.S. Treasury
yields rose sharply following Powell's optimistic comments, with the benchmark 10 -
year Treasury note adding 5 basis points to
hit 2.915 percent.
U.S. Treasury
yields rose sharply during the testimony, with the benchmark 10 -
year Treasury note adding 5 basis points to
hit 2.915 percent.
The 10 -
year Treasury note
yield hit a high of 2.99 percent, threatening to reach 3 percent.
The
yield on the benchmark 10 -
year Treasury note
hit the key psychological level of 3 percent Tuesday for the first time since January 2014.
Germany's benchmark 10 -
year bond
yield was up almost 2 bps at 0.58 percent in early trade, above a one - week low of 0.56 percent
hit on Friday.
The two -
year Treasury
yield hit its highest level in nearly a decade Monday morning, leaving investors questioning what this could signal for America's economy in the longer term.
The benchmark 10 -
year Treasury
yield hit its highest level in four
years Friday.
The U.S. 10 -
year Treasury
yield hit a high of 2.854 percent, its highest level since Jan. 23, 2014.
All eyes are on the U.S. 10 -
year Treasury
yield on Monday as it could imminently
hit the 3 percent threshold.
Indeed, the 10 -
year Treasury
yield hit a four -
year high on Friday after the latest monthly U.S. jobs report showed solid wage gains, effectively confirming an expected rate increase at the Federal Reserves next meeting, in March.
* U.S. 10 -
year treasury
yields hit two - week lows.
U.S. government debt
yields continued their upward climb Wednesday, with the rate on the 10 -
year Treasury note edging above the 3 percent benchmark it
hit Tuesday for the first time since 2014.
NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters)- The dollar
hit a four - month high on Wednesday, boosted by the benchmark U.S. Treasury
yield, which continued its rise after breaking through 3 percent on Tuesday for the first time in four
years.
U.S. stock futures were mixed this morning as the
yield on the 10 -
year Treasury
hit new 16 - month highs, on the verge of exceeding the psychologically key level of 3 percent.
The
yield on the U.S. 10
year Treasury bond recently
hit 9 - month highs and the 2s10s spread widened on news of the Bank of Japan trimming its long - dated bond buying program and questions around China's ongoing purchase of U.S. Treasuries (USTs) with its foreign - exchange reserves.
The 35
year bull market in bonds most likely ended on July 8, 2016 when the 10
year maturity U.S. Treasury Note
yield hit an all - time low of 1.36 %.
The
yield of the 10 -
year hit since the first time since 2014.
Following a brief selloff, markets rallied, despite U.S. Treasury
yields hitting a four -
year high.
Tonight on Nightly Business Report, the
yield on the 10 -
year treasury
hits 3 - percent for the first time in four
years sending a chill through the stock market.
Japanese shares
hit a two - month closing high on Tuesday with financials leading gains after U.S. bond
yields spiked to four -
year highs and as investors remained optimistic about upcoming earnings.
And in the face of record valuations and record debt, we're seeing rising interest rates (the
yield on the 10 -
year Treasury
hit 3 % last week for the first time since 2014) and other signs of inflation like rising oil and copper prices.
The iShares iBoxx High
Yield Corporate Bond (NYSEArca: HYG) reached $ 94.23 a share — its highest level since 2008 — while the SPDR Barclays High
Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK)
hit a two -
year high of $ 41.05, says ETF Trends.
Junk - bond ETFs rallied on Wednesday, as markets breathed relief that the «fiscal cliff» is no longer a concern and as a result, bond
yields are under 6 percent for the first time ever, and junk ETF share prices
hit levels not seen in
years in some cases, according to an article on ETF Trends.
The
yield on the benchmark 10 -
year Treasury note, which moves inversely to its price,
hit a record of 1.378 percent, while the
yield on the 30 -
year Treasury bond was down at 2.1529 percent.
Although, the 10 -
year Treasury recently
hit its highest
yield in more than four
years — suggesting that investor demand for these securities is waning — several factors indicate the contrary.
We thought the widening U.S.
yield advantage — the spread between two -
year U.S. and eurozone
yields last month
hit its widest since the euro's birth — would underpin the greenback in early 2018.
Yet the
yield curve is a flawed warning, sometimes flashing
years before a downturn
hits.
The reason: a surge in
yields on US Ten
Year Government Treasury Bonds, which hit a four - year high of 2.86 per c
Year Government Treasury Bonds, which
hit a four -
year high of 2.86 per c
year high of 2.86 per cent.
The
yield on the 10 -
year Treasury bond climbed above 3 % for the first time since 2014, but of greater concern to many market participants were remarks in major corporate earnings reports suggesting that business conditions had likely
hit their peak and were poised to deteriorate going forward.
The benchmark 10 - yr
yield, for instance, finished at 2.95 % on Thursday — which is about eight basis points below the more than four -
year high it
hit last week.
The euro
hit three -
year highs and government bond
yields rose after a hint the ECB boss may rethink how long ultra-loose policy will last.
10 -
year Canadian government bond
yields had declined to as low as 0.90 % during mid-February, when recession fears
hit an apex but ended the quarter at just over 1.2 %.
The 10 -
year yield fell back from the four -
year high
hit earlier Monday as the dollar slipped.
Yet we believe another milestone is of far greater significance to investors:
Yields on short - term U.S. investment grade (IG) corporate bonds also
hit 3 % — an eight -
year high.
Last week, bond
yields fell and prices rose, with 10 -
year U.S. Treasury
yields hitting a one - month low of 2.1 %.
Today the
yield on the 10 -
Year Treasury bond
hit 3 percent.
General Mills looks like it's been
hit pretty hard this
year, Seems fairly cheap from a P / E perspective, back in the mid teens where it was a few
years ago, and reasonable
yield and earnings growth.
While not exactly
hitting the Federal Reserve's revered 2.0 % annual inflation target, it was apparently close enough to create more jitters in the bond market, with the
yield on the U.S. Treasury's benchmark 10 -
year note immediately climbing seven basis points to 2.91 %, its highest level in more than four
years.
In case you hadn't noticed, the
yield on the benchmark 10 -
year U.S. Treasury note is this close to
hitting the psychologically important 3 % level.
Looking ahead, if the
yield curve maintains its current slope and the federal funds rate
hits the Fed's long - term target, the 10 -
year treasury
yield will exceed 3 % in a few
years.
The 10 -
year US Treasury
yield hit the key psychological 3 % earlier this week and now threatens to extend its gains, placing risk assets in jeopardy as investors weigh the potential consequences.