'A Reckoning Is Approaching Fast': Long-End Yields And Distillate Scarcity To Hit Risk Appetite
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US Government Sold $742 Billion of Treasury Securities this Week. 30-Year Treasury Auction Yield Highest since 2001, 10-Year Auction Yield Highest since 2007
Bond Vigilantes dissolved long ago into ambient air. But these auction yields make Bessent nervous.
30-year US government bonds were issued on Thursday with a yield of 5.24%. In addition, US correspondent Felix Holterman talks about the interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
This isn’t good: Yield at the Treasury’s 30-year auction climbs to 5.216%, highest since 2001
The U.S. government sold 30-year bonds at the highest interest rate in a quarter century, a testament to investors’ demand for greater compensation to finance the nation’s growing deficit. The yield at the $25 billion sale Thursday came in at 5.216%, the most since 2001, even as a drop in oil prices supported US debt in secondary-market trading. The sale, which was met with decent demand, follows the Treasury Department’s 10-year auction a day e…
Global Cash Markets Remain Shut Over the Weekend, Treasury’s 5.216% Long-Bond Sale Signals Pricing Still a Concern
NEW YORK, August 15, 2026, 13:22 EDT — Global cash markets remain shut for the weekend. The yield on the United States 30-year bond reached 5.216% at Thursday’s auction, marking the highest level recorded for a long-bond sale since 2001. The bid-to-cover ratio was 2.39, consistent with the average for the past year. (Financial Times)…
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