The ten
year Treasury note closed with a yield over 2.5 % this week, sparking talk that interest rates may have bottomed.
Not exact matches
Prior to some of the past recessions, the two -
year Treasury yield rose above the 10 -
year yield, although at the moment, the former is still below the 10 -
year note, but has recently moved
closer to it.
The yield on the benchmark 10 -
year Treasury note was up 3 basis points at 2.227 percent, after
closing at 2.201 in the previous session.
Markets around the globe are keeping a
close eye on the U.S. bond market after the yield on the 10 -
year Treasury note topped 3 percent on Tuesday for the first time in several
years.
He
noted that the 10 -
year Treasury's current 2.26 percent yield is very
close to the S&P 500's dividend yield of 2.1 percent.
U.S. BOND YIELDS: The yield on the 10 -
year Treasury note drew
close to 3 percent on Monday, a milestone it has not reached since January 2014.
Treasury yields leapt again yesterday at the long end, with the 10 -
year note climbing above 3.7 %, its highest
close since November.
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.
The month of May
closed on a high
note for bonds as the drop in yields saw the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Index
closed at a yield of 2.47 %.
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.
The yield on benchmark 10 -
year Treasury notes rose to 2.9477 percent compared with its U.S.
close of 2.946 percent on Thursday.
With the launch of its mobile banking application barely a
year ago, the bank
noted that the application now has
close to 120,000 clients and offers several services including cross border and country transactions and purchasing
Treasury Bills, which is unique to The Ecobank mobile banking application.
At the same time, the long June 10 -
year Treasury note / Short June 30 -
year Treasury Bond spread has
closed in favour of the 10 -
year note between February 8 and April 17 in 17 of the last 19
years!
Finally, the future inflation rate implied by five
year treasury notes and the inflation - protected
treasury securities do hint that five
years down the road, inflation will still be
close to 2 %.
The yield on the 10 -
year Treasury note edged above 3.1 % this week, its highest
close since 2011.