• June 11, 2024

Shrinking Fed rate cut expectations to keep US Treasury yields elevated: Reuters poll

After peaking at 5.02% in October, the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note yield plummeted over 120 basis points (bps) as traders priced in as much as 150 bps of Fed rate cuts this year. Mostly-strong U.S. economic data and inflation still higher than the Fed's target have pushed financial markets to limit those expectations to only two 25-bp rate reductions this year, starting September.