Bond Market Gains Fade as Trump, Inflation Keep Yields High
To US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the yield on 10-year government debt is the key gauge for President Donald Trump’s goal of getting lower interest rates.
Trump is focused on lowering bond yields, not fighting the Fed, Treasury chief says
The Trump administration isn't looking to clash with the Federal Reserve over interest rates, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told said. Instead, the focus of the White House is on lowering Treasury yields as a way to ease borrowing costs.
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US Treasury Secretary says they are focusing on bond yields rather than interest rates to lower borrowing costs.
US bond market lukewarm on Bessent's 10-year yield pledge
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's pledge to contain yields on 10-year Treasury notes met some skepticism in the bond market on Thursday, as inflationary pressures and expectations of a widening federal deficit threaten to outweigh efforts to curb borrowing costs.
Here is Bessent's best play to coax 10-year Treasury yields lower, BCA says
It's the budget. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said earlier this week that the Trump administration wants to focus on lowering borrowing costs by getting the 10-year Treasury yield down, not by pressuring the Federal Reserve to cut short-term rates.
Trump and Bessent's focus on US10Y instead of fed rate 'the right approach'
U.S. President Donald Trump and his newly appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's focus on the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield and not the federal funds rate to bring down borrowing costs is the "right approach,
Bessent's focus on 10-year US Treasury yield may let Fed off the hook
The Trump administration's emerging focus on long-term Treasury bond yields may show growing sensitivity to market constraints that could impede President Donald Trump's economic plans, while also getting the Federal Reserve out of his direct line of fire.
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