Matt Grossman

Treasury yields fell as Fed Chair Jerome Powell spoke to reporters, a sign traders were shifting bets toward a lower trajectory for the central bank's interest-rate target in the months ahead. Compared with previous remarks, Powell today sounded less emphatic about the need to keep interest rates h

Treasury yields jumped Thursday, reversing yesterday's post-Fed-meeting decline, after a round of fresh data releases reiterated the economy's strength. The 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 3.954%, from 3.85% on Wednesday.

Passive bond funds have beaten active managers since the U.S. central bank started tightening interest rates.

Coming into 2023, many investors believed that risks on the economic horizon could constrain Treasury yields this year. Instead, the 10-year yield is on course for a new year-to-date high in Wednesday trading. Here's how we got there: Strong economic data. [Inflation has eased to 3%](https://

‘Bear steepening’ trade drives 10-year Treasury yield close to a decade-plus high.

Rising oil prices lifted energy stocks Wednesday during an otherwise downbeat session.

Bond yields were little changed after July inflation data landed in line with what analysts and investors had been expecting. Treasurys marked a modest morning rally before the data release, sending their yields low

Investors have been counting on the Fed to wrestle inflation back toward 2% without sparking a cycle of layoffs and falling consumer demand that could throw the economy into a recession.

Foreign officials and economists worry that a Donald Trump victory could usher in a worldwide cascade of new trade barriers and an extended stretch of higher interest rates—a potentially punishing cocktail for weaker economies abroad.

Anxiety about the economic impact of a second Trump administration is reaching a fever pitch overseas a week before Election Day.