AXIOS (Matt Phillips) - Why Treasury yields are ripping higher
Data: FactSet; Chart: Axios/Matt Phillips Treasury yields are soaring, with the 30-year Treasury bond climbing to its highest level since 2004 Thursday. - The selloff in bonds started to accelerate Wednesday after a sizzling early report on the economy in September. The big picture: For the bond market, these moves have been big. Bigly even. - On Thursday morning, the 30-year yield rose as high as 5.44%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was 5.13%. - Wednesday's gain of roughly 0.15 percentage point in the 10-year Treasury yield was the biggest since April 2025, when President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement rocked markets. Flashback: Markets heads remember that it was ructions in the bond market — "They were…
Data: FactSet; Chart: Axios/Matt Phillips Treasury yields are soaring, with the 30-year Treasury bond climbing to its highest level since 2004 Thursday. - The selloff in bonds started to accelerate Wednesday after a sizzling early report on the economy in September. The big picture: For the bond market, these moves have been big. Bigly even. - On Thursday morning, the 30-year yield rose as high as 5.44%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was 5.13%. - Wednesday's gain of roughly 0.15 percentage point in the 10-year Treasury yield was the biggest since April 2025, when President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement rocked markets. Flashback: Markets heads remember that it was ructions in the bond market — "They were…Open