The recent jump in Treasury yields has highlighted how vulnerable the U.S. debt outlook is to the bond market, which Scope Ratings flagged in a new report. On Friday, the Europe-based credit ratings agency maintained the U.S. sovereign score at AA-, three notches below the top rating and two steps below AA+ grades from rivals
Soaring Treasury yields are raising concerns in Congress as their precipitous rise in recent months further darkens the outlook for U.S. debt. The 10-year yield shot up to 5.23% on Friday, the highest level since 2007 and more than a full percentage point since right before the Iran war started. Meanwhile, the 30-year yield hit
The most important number in the economy has hit its highest level since 2007, and Wall Street can’t decide if this is good or bad. That number is the 10-year Treasury yield, the interest rate that the U.S. government pays to borrow money for a decade and on which almost every other loan in the
For years, a 5% yield on the Treasury looked like a relic from another interest-rate era—where borrowers faced soaring loan rates. Now it’s back, capping a six-year surge from pandemic-era lows near 0.5%. The benchmark yield crossed 5% this month for the first time since 2007, but this appears different than the eve of the
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent isn’t short of investors keen to rap his knuckles—and his friend and mentor, Stan Druckenmiller, was at the front of the queue. Bessent has been chastised by many for his recent attempt to manage prices in the bond market. As 30-year Treasury yields rose toward a near-20-year high last month, the
The 10-year Treasury yield topped 5% this past week, hitting the highest level since 2007 and blowing way past forecasts for borrowing costs over the next decade. According to the Congressional Budget Office’s most recent long-term outlook issued in February—before the Iran war spiked oil prices and inflation views—the benchmark yield was seen at 4.1%
