It's bringing back memories of the basis-trade unwinds at the onset of the pandemic — when widespread deleveraging sparked blowups of the popular hedge fund strategy that sent bonds tumbling.

Federal Reserve officials want to see how exactly new trade policies impact the U.S. economy before adjusting interest rates. Markets and monetarists have different ideas about what that might look like.

The central bank wants to let Trump's policies play out across the economy before deciding which way to move interest rates, and it's too soon to know what the impacts will be, the Federal Reserve chair said.

The bid for havens also saw traders boosting bets on Fed interest-rate cuts, fully pricing in a quarter-point move by June.

The Federal Reserve governor said it is healthy to examine the regulatory architecture, but stressed the importance of the central bank having insight into the banking system.

For bond investors who'd been piling into Treasuries over recent weeks, Wednesday's Fed policy announcement offered vindication.

Chair Jerome Powell repeated the central bank is not in a hurry to adjust borrowing costs. Officials can wait for greater clarity on the impact of policies.

Fresh tariffs from the Trump administration, paired with retaliatory action from US trade partners, have fanned Americans' expectations for future inflation.

Summers said a combination of major immigration restrictions, federal government layoffs and damage to US competitiveness from President Donald Trump's tariffs.

The bond market in the past month has been caught between signs that US economic growth is slowing.