The Canadian dollar strengthened, Wednesday, against the U.S. dollar as oil prices rose and domestic data showed inflation climbing to its highest level in 18 years. Broad U.S. dollar weakness prevails despite positive developments for the Canadian dollar, on the inflation front. Canada’s annual inflation rate climbed to 4.1% in …
Read More »US Bond Yields Almost Flat Today
US Treasury yields were mixed on Thursday, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole symposium, in addition to the release of economic data, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond rose less than a basis point to 1.347%, and the yield on the 30-year Treasury fell less than a …
Read More »US Treasury Yield Back to Lowest Level in Five Months
The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield fell to 1.23% on Monday, returning to a 5-month low. Investors await the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting later in the week for more clues on the Fed’s next moves, stimulus, and the economic outlook. Concerns about the rapid spread of the delta variant …
Read More »US Yields Still Drifting Below 1.50% Ahead of NFP
Despite the dollar’s continued sustained strength over the past few days, bonds have fallen in line with 10-year Treasury yields staying below 1.50%. The next bond movement will be led by the employment data expected to be released today. There is a good argument that if the employment data comes …
Read More »The US Yields Settled With Bullish Bias
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond settled at 1.65% during early trading on Monday, remaining stable below its 14-month high of 1.78% recorded last month. Investors are awaiting a batch of new US economic data during the week, including inflation, export and import prices to take any hint …
Read More »US Bond Yields Are Colored in Red
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.64% on Monday, remaining below 14-month highs of 1.75% reached early in the month as the bond market appears to be flat. Investors have digested mixed economic data and tame inflation, the outlook for a brighter economic outlook for the …
Read More »Foreign Holdings of US Treasury Bonds Rose For The Second Month in a Row in January
Data from the Treasury on Monday showed that foreign holdings in US Treasury bonds rose for the second month in a row in January. Foreign investor holdings reached $ 7.119 trillion in January, up from $ 7.07 trillion in the previous month. Holdings of Japan, the largest non-US holder of …
Read More »Eurozone Bond Yields Rise
Bond yields in the Eurozone rose during trading on Monday, on signs of an improvement in the global economy, as countries deal with increasing borrowing requirements to help finance the response to the Covid-19 crisis. The data showed that China’s exports rose the most in nearly a year and a …
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