Why Trump and others are worried about the bond market

Treasury bill, bond rates may be mixed due to market volatility - BusinessWorld Online

RATES of the Treasury bills (T-bills) and Treasury bonds (T-bonds) to be auctioned off this week may end mixed to mirror secondary market yield movements amid global trade war concerns, expectations of fresh supply of debt papers, and dovish signals from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) will auction off P25 billion in T-bills on Monday or P8 billion each in 91- and 182-day papers and P9 billion in 364-day p…

Durum market, prices remain stable for now

Despite President Trump announcing several tariffs against many of the U.S.’s trading partners and a USDA report indicating there will be fewer durum acres planted in the U.S. in 2025, the durum market and prices have remained pretty stable. Cash…

Trump 'yields' to bond market sell-off threat?

Roughly a quarter of the $36 trillion US Treasury market is held by foreign investors. Japanese investors alone hold over $1 trillion in US bonds. But the real

How Bessent’s billion-dollar bet on the bond market saved Trump from autarky - Washington Examiner

Less than half an hour before the opening bell on Friday, April 4, President Donald Trump shared a video claiming that the single-largest decline in the New York Stock Exchange since March 2020 was not a blunder but rather the very basis of the president’s double-digit, universal tariff regime. “So, why is he doing this?” asks an anonymous TikTok user. “To push cash into Treasurys, which forces the Fed to slash interest rates in May, and those l…

The main reason Trump hit the pause on higher tariffs

Bond markets don’t often make front-page news but the recent sharp sell-off in US Treasuries appears to have been enough to prompt US president Donald Trump to pause his plans for new tariffs. Traditionally, US Treasuries are seen as one of the world’s safest assets for investors. The United States government has long been regarded as a reliable and responsible borrower. That reputation has allowed the US to borrow at low costs for decades. But …

‘Trust is going down’: Why Trump should fear the bond market

Bond investors went ballistic when President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect this week. Consider it a preview for what’s in store. The sharp sell-off in government debt securities that underpin the global financial system pushed Trump to pause for 90 days his plans to slap gargantuan tariffs on dozens of trading partners. “I was watching the bond market,” he explained. “That bond market is very tricky.” It won’t be the last time the president…