Browsing: bond yields
Back in 1993, the great Democratic strategist James Carville—famous for his quip, “It’s the economy, stupid”—told the Wall Street Journal…
For decades, Japanese government bonds offered minuscule returns, forcing investors there to look abroad, especially at U.S. financial markets. Japanese…
Bonds sold off sharply around the world on Friday as investors brace for persistently elevated inflation amid the ongoing energy…
Soaring U.S. debt is causing Treasury bonds to lose their risk advantage over other securities, making it more expensive to…
Investors are looking past President Donald Trump’s attempts to talk oil prices down as reports signal an increasing likelihood that…
President Donald Trump’s war on Iran is colliding with U.S. debt investors, who demonstrated less appetite for Treasury securities as…
The AI capital expenditure boom has created a gusher of corporate debt, forcing the Treasury Department to make its bonds…
This rom-com formula is now a staple of holiday TV programming: a busy professional from the big city goes back…
Total federal debt is nearing an ominous milestone in a few years, but a potentially more troubling tipping point could…
An unexpected result in Japan’s leadership contest over the weekend is poised to ripple through global financial markets with the…