Yields on US bonds approach important mark

Traders on the New York Stock Exchange

Interest rate expectations are affecting the bond market.

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Dusseldorf The interest rate expectations in the USA, which are rising again, are moving the bond market: Yields are rising, and the trend-setting ten-year US government bonds could soon rise above an important mark: Yields have already risen to 3.978 percent in the current trading week. The 4.0 percent mark is therefore in sight.

The last time US bond yields were above this mark was on November 9th. The recovery on the stock market went hand in hand with the falling yields. Now the trend is reversing again.

The trigger for this development is the continuing hawkish communication of the US Federal Reserve. In industry jargon, supporters of a strict monetary policy, who often advocate higher interest rates, are considered hawks.

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