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Thomas Franck 3-4 minutes U.S. government debt yields whipsawed on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the central bank’s quarter-point rate cut was simply a mid-cycle “adjustment.” The Fed decided at its two-day July meeting to cut its benchmark overnight lending rate by one quarter point to a target range of 2% to 2.25%. The central bank also said it would stop reducing the size of its balance sheet, which consists of bonds and mortgage-backed securities it purchased following the 2008 financial crisis. Wednesday marked the first cut to the federal funds rate since December 2008. At around 4:04 p.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note , a benchmark for auto loans, mortgages and other lending, settled lower to trade at 2.013%. The 2-year Treasury yield, more sensitive to changes in Fed policy, rose 2 basis points to 1.872%. Bond yields move inversely to prices. “We’re thinking of it essentially as a mid-cycle

Thomas Franck 3-4 minutes U.S. government debt yields ticked lower on Friday as tensions over a simmering trade war between the U.S. and China and a breakdown in Brexit talks in the U.K. offset stronger consumer sentiment data. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was marginally higher at 2.389%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond traded at 2.821%. The spread between the 10-year Treasury yield and the 3-month Treasury bill yield was -0.6 basis points. Bond yields move inversely to prices. U.S. Markets Overview: Treasurys chart TICKER COMPANY YIELD CHANGE %CHANGE US 3-MO U.S. 3 Month Treasury 2.393 -0.008 0.00 US 1-YR U.S. 1 Year Treasury 2.335 0.00 0.00 US 2-YR U.S. 2 Year Treasury 2.20 -0.007 0.00 US 5-YR U.S. 5 Year Treasury 2.176 -0.01 0.00 US 10-YR U.S. 10 Year Treasury 2.394 -0.011 0.00 US 30-YR U.S. 30 Year Treasury 2.826 -0.014 0.00 Investors pivoted toward safer assets like government deb

Yun Li,Silvia Amaro 2-3 minutes U.S. government debt prices rose on Tuesday, as investors remain concerned about President Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on Chinese goods as soon as Friday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note , which moves inversely to price, fell to 2.444%, the lowest level since April 1, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at around 2.87%. U.S. Markets Overview: Treasurys chart TICKER COMPANY YIELD CHANGE %CHANGE US 3-MO U.S. 3 Month Treasury 2.434 -0.003 0.00 US 1-YR U.S. 1 Year Treasury 2.373 -0.016 0.00 US 2-YR U.S. 2 Year Treasury 2.288 -0.021 0.00 US 5-YR U.S. 5 Year Treasury 2.262 -0.031 0.00 US 10-YR U.S. 10 Year Treasury 2.458 -0.042 0.00 US 30-YR U.S. 30 Year Treasury 2.864 -0.044 0.00 Traders are closely following trade relations between the U.S. and China. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told reporters that the U.S. will increase levie

Silvia Amaro 1-2 minutes U.S. Markets Overview: Treasurys chart TICKER COMPANY YIELD CHANGE %CHANGE US 3-MO U.S. 3 Month Treasury 2.429 -0.005 0.00 US 1-YR U.S. 1 Year Treasury 2.425 0.00 0.00 US 2-YR U.S. 2 Year Treasury 2.332 0.012 0.00 US 5-YR U.S. 5 Year Treasury 2.33 0.014 0.00 US 10-YR U.S. 10 Year Treasury 2.534 0.012 0.00 US 30-YR U.S. 30 Year Treasury 2.944 0.003 0.00 Investors are tracking earnings, with bond traders weighing up whether the Federal Reserve could perhaps return to a more hawkish stance if conditions look to be improving for large businesses in the country. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose by the most in 19 months last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. Initial claims for state unemployment jumped 37,000 to a seasonally adjusted 230,000 for the week ended April 20, according to the government report, the largest increase since early September 2017. In terms of auctions, the U.S.

Thomas Franck 2 minutes U.S. government debt yields  followed European rates lower Wednesday after new data suggested a gloomier economic outlook amid German business leaders. Bond yields around the world dipped after the Ifo Institute reported that confidence in German c-suites unexpectedly fell in April. The Munich-based researcher’s business climate indicator fell for a seventh month in the last eight and contradicted upbeat forecasts with a 99.2 print. April’s print was the indicator’s lowest reading since 2016. The new data could point to persistent worries surrounding the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union and slowing growth in general. “The mood among German managers became slightly gloomier this month,” Ifo President Clemens Fuest said in a press release Wednesday. “March’s gentle optimism regarding the coming months has evaporated. The German economy continues to lose steam.” At 10:36 a.m. ET, the yield on the