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Interest rates on U.S. government bonds can affect everything from auto and student loans to mortgages.
NYTIMES (Alan Rappeport) - U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues
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YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - U.S. bond selloff drives 30-year yields to highest point since before the Great Recession
The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond has hit its highest level since 2007 as investors remain worried about inflation and government borrowing. Wall Street Journal Chief Economics Commentator Greg Ip and VP of General Economics at the Cato Institute Scott Lincicome join Stephanie Ruhle to provide their insight.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (David Brady) - U.S. Treasury Rates Highest Since Before Financial Crisis
Markets are pricing in high inflation and higher risks of growing debt burdens. The post U.S. Treasury Rates Highest Since Before Financial Crisis appeared first on The American Conservative .
Higher inflation reports pushed U.S. Treasury yields on Friday to rates not seen since the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. Yields on the 30-year Treasury rose to 5.13 percent, the highest since June 2007. The 10-year yield jumped to 4.59 percent, the highest since May 2025. The rise in rates comes in the wake of increasing consumer , producer , and import–export prices . The Consumer Price Index jumped to 3.8 percent according to data released this week, the highest since May 2023. Fears over higher inflation pushed investors to demand higher yields on treasuries, a benchmark for borrowing costs like mortgages. Debt financing continues to impose an increasing burden on the Treasury and Federal Reserve, as interest alone on the…Open