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Bond Traders on Edge as Risks of Fed Rate Hike This Week Mount
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Bond Traders on Edge as Risks of Fed Rate Hike This Week Mount Bond traders enter the week seeing a better than one-in-three chance that the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates on Wednesday after flaring Middle East tensions lifted oil prices, boosting inflation worries and yields. Benchmark US 10-year Treasury yields jumped 13 basis points last week and reached 4.71%, the highest since early 2025, after the threat of an escalation in the Iran war pushed Brent oil back above $100 a barrel...
Bond Traders on Edge as Risks of Fed Rate Hike This Week Mount
Bond traders enter the week seeing a better than one-in-three chance that the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates on Wednesday after flaring Middle East tensions lifted oil prices, boosting inflation worries and yields.
Benchmark US 10-year Treasury yields jumped 13 basis points last week and reached 4.71%, the highest since early 2025, after the threat of an escalation in the Iran war pushed Brent oil back above $100 a barrel at one point. Thirty-year yields touched 5.19%, approaching levels last seen nearly two decades ago.