10-year Treasury yield leaps to fresh 19-year high after hot economic readings
Benchmark 10-year yields slipped as traders weighed Federal Reserve comments and awaited new U.S. labor and business activity data.
- On Wednesday, September 23, 2026, US shares dropped while the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield jumped to 5.054%, its highest level since 2007, after data showed business activity accelerated to a more than five-year high.
- S&P Global reported the flash US Composite PMI Output Index increased to 58.4 this month, its highest level since July 2021, fueling expectations for further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.
- Fed funds futures traders are now pricing in 73% odds of an October rate hike, while the interest-rate sensitive 2-year Treasury yield rose to 4.862%, marking its highest level since June 2024.
- Higher interest rate expectations pushed the dollar to multi-week highs against the euro, which dropped 0.5% to $1.1389, as analysts noted the data underscores the Federal Reserve's hawkish policy stance.
- Brent crude oil futures for November delivery fell 0.8% to $98.49 a barrel, marking the longest losing streak since August 2025, as markets balance economic data against ongoing geopolitical uncertainties.
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As 5% Treasury yields lose shock value, investors start worrying about 6%
LONDON — For years, 5 percent on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield was viewed as the point at which global financial markets would start hitting turbulence. That threshold is beginning to look less like a ceiling and more like a waypoint. This month's breach of 5 percent - something that has happened only briefly in recent decades - has forced investors to contemplate an unsettling question: What if 6 percent is the new number that shoul…
The revenues of the 30-year-old American Treasury's titles were moving towards the highest income since 2004. Rates, however, were slightly reduced after the organ's announcement of intervention. The so-called 10-year-old Treasurys reached the maximum of 5.074%, the highest level for an income since June 2007, and were moving to exceed the mark and exceed the maximum since 2004. The 30-year-old role reached 5.38%, the highest level since the glo…
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