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Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... debt soared from US$9 trillion to US$21 trillion between 2010 and 2020. So much so that benchmark 10-year US Treasury bond yields have risen to a 14-month high of 1.78%. This suggests that Uncle Sam would be paying higher interest payments on its increased ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... could be that this time is different. But there's also Murphy's Law. The recent rise in 10-year US Treasury bond yields - up to a one-year high of 1.31% -- serves as a yellow light -- an amber alert -- to the equity markets. But so far, investors ...

Chief economist update: Fed cut and Trump's war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... Nasdaq composite index lost 1.2%; and Russell 2000 index closed 0.7% lower. Bond yields dropped. Ten-year US Treasury bond yields fell from 2.06% to 2.02% - they were 2.66% at the start of 2019 and reached a high of 2.78% in January. They've fallen ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... dropped. The S&P 500 index and the Dow closed 2.4% lower with the Nasdaq diving by 3.4% overnight. Ten-year US Treasury bond yields declined by 5 bps to 2.4% - its lowest level since March. The VIX index (the fear gauge) jumped by 28.1% to a reading ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street wails on inflation indications

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... expensive credit that could slow consumer and spending. This, along with surging bond yields - 10-year US Treasury bond yields rose to 2.84% at the end of last week, its highest level in four years from 2.66% in the previous week and 2.41% at the start ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... Street stocks finished little-changed as a the General Electric asset sale offset worries about spiking US Treasury bond yields. Locally on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment and the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... in the prior two sessions. Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities, said a drop in US Treasury bond yields also eased worries. "If you look at some of the turmoil you saw in the market during the last few days, a couple of factors ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... likely impact on the Federal Reserve's decision on when to scale back its aggressive bond-buying program. US Treasury bond yields have been rising as better economic data has fuelled speculation the Federal Reserve will soon taper the program. Just before ...
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