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Demand for Treasury bonds dips in times of uncertainty
Apr 16, 2024
Investors fear missing out on higher rates of return by locking up the money they put in for 10 years or more.
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.
Yellen: U.S. could hit debt limit as soon as June 1
May 1, 2023
The treasury secretary urges Congress to protect nation’s “full faith and credit” by raising the government’s borrowing authority.
The Treasury Department wants to apply more scrutiny to financial institutions that aren't banks
by
Justin Ho
Apr 25, 2023
Several of them were responsible for the 2008 financial crisis.
Bank regulators face a grilling on Capitol Hill while calming markets and the public
Mar 27, 2023
Besides testifying in hearings, regulators need to get a few messages across, including that the system worked, a PR executive says.
Yellen: "Progress on inflation is not going to be a straight line"
by
Kai Ryssdal
, Andie Corban
and Sarah Leeson
Mar 2, 2023
The Treasury secretary says "people don't need to lose their jobs" to cool down the labor market.
The origin of the U.S. debt ceiling
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Jan 19, 2023
The U.S. government hit its debt ceiling Thursday and must raise the debt limit to avoid defaulting. How did we get here?
For public good, not for profit.
How a “divorce” between the Treasury and Fed helped build the modern economy
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Dec 13, 2022
In the 1950s, the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve reached an agreement that helped create the economy we have today.
Buyers snap up U.S. Treasury I bonds before interest rate deadline
Oct 28, 2022
Treasury's website was overwhelmed as investors clamored for the inflation-adjusted savings bonds to lock in a 9.62% rate.
What are stablecoins, and why are regulators worried about them?
by
Matt Levin
Apr 18, 2022
The cryptocurrencies — pegged to "real" currencies that aren't supposed to fluctuate in value — are the bedrock of the crypto economy.