US Treasury Market Is Telling Kevin Warsh Rates Need to Be Higher
From advisorperspectives.com
The $31 trillion Treasury market has an unequivocal message for Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve: Interest rates aren’t high enough. Yields on policy-sensitive US two-year notes have surged to their highest level in more than a year after a trove of economic data led traders to price in at least one quarter-point rate hike as soon as October. At around 4.15%, the two-year yield trades well above the Fed’s current policy band of 3.5% to 3.75%, a divergence that began in March. The reset upwards only intensified last week after the latest read on job growth topped all forecasts, reinforcing a growing conviction that rates ...
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