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Who’s afraid of our $34 trillion national debt?
Jan 30, 2024
Our U.S. debt is bigger than our economic output. Consequences include ballooning interest payments and potential trust issues.
What do these high Treasury yields mean for the economy?
by
Matt Levin
Oct 3, 2023
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note reached a 16-year high Tuesday. That benchmark rate lifts interest rates on other loans.
Interest rates on U.S. bonds are economic crystal balls — if you know how to read them
Feb 22, 2023
The markets that set the yield on bonds are trying to predict the economic future.
Why high yields on Treasury notes should worry you
by
Matt Levin
Sep 20, 2022
Higher yields on government bonds mean the interest rate you pay for pretty much everything also climbs.
Will borrowing get more expensive for consumers as the economy recovers?
by
Amy Scott
Mar 5, 2021
Interest rates on 30-year mortgages have started climbing.
Market reactions to Georgia runoff results — and what they say about the future
Jan 6, 2021
Built in to market moves Wednesday morning are predictions about government spending, antitrust scrutiny and more.
Germany is in negative territory
Jul 13, 2016
For the first time, a Eurozone country issues negative-yield bonds. Who buys them?