U.S. Treasury yields rose on Thursday, with the 10-year Treasury extending its latest multiyear high as investors awaited remarks from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Thursday, with the 10-year Treasury extending its latest multiyear high as investors awaited remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.was up by over six basis points to 4.9663%. It had risen as high as 4.971% earlier in the session, trading at levels last seen in 2007 afteryield was last more than two basis points higher at 5.
That comes as multiple central bank speakers have suggested that rates may not need to be hiked further and keeping them at their current level would be sufficient to achieve the Fed's goals of easing inflation and cooling the economy. Some policymakers have cited tighter financial conditions brought on by surging Treasury yields as a contributing factor.
Fresh economic data will be released Thursday, when weekly initial jobless claims and September's existing home sales figures are due.
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