Bonds

Wagers on aggressive easing by the Fed had been rising in recent days amid debate over whether the central bank should act when it meets next week.

Yields on policy-sensitive two-year Treasuries slid three basis points on Wednesday, while those on 10-year bonds were up by about the same amount.

Even as the world's economy expands at a solid pace, deficits have piled up thanks to heavy spending in the wake of the pandemic.

Yields across maturities rose by three to five basis points as volumes picked up in midday Monday trading in New York.

The energy company has asked banks to arrange calls with investors on Monday to discuss the offering. That makes it a candidate to sell debt as soon as Tuesday.

With the Federal Reserve poised to cut rates as soon as September, investors poured $245 billion overall into active and index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in the first half of the year, according to Morningstar Direct.

Transportation, automotive, healthcare, and commercial real estate are the sectors most affected, but borrowers are doing better than expected.

The longest portion of the offering, an 11-year security, may yield 1.35 percentage point above Treasuries. The deal comes after the bank reported record profit as investment bankers and equities traders smashed expectations.

Optimism over lower rates spurred a shift into riskier corners of Wall Street — as money exited the long-favored safety trade of technology megacaps.

Data4's steps to raise funding comes after Britain's Vantage Data Centers last month completed the first-ever asset-backed securitization deal for data centers in Europe.

This is Stream Innovations Inc.'s inaugural 144a securitization, which has ratings of A-, BBB- and BB- to the A, B and C notes, partially based on respective credit enhancement levels of 20.50%, 14.45% and 8.50% respectively.

So far this year, his team has overseen about $78.4 billion of high-grade bond issuance, making BofA the third-biggest underwriter in the market.

Professionals also must grapple with the issue of wanting liquidity on assets in an era of low production.

Yields on two-year notes rose about 5 basis points to 4.88%, shifting the US yield curve to the flattest in more than a month.

Global yields rose on Thursday as markets around the world adjusted to central banks keeping interest rates higher for longer, with the US two-year yield briefly exceeding 5% for the first time since November.

Traders ceased fully pricing in a Fed rate cut before September after the March employment report revealed that US payrolls expanded by the most in nearly a year.

He called the January and February inflation readings "a little bit concerning," and said he needs to see more progress on prices to gain confidence that they're moving toward the Fed's 2% target.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s latest client survey showed that outright short positions in US Treasuries rose to the most since the start of the year in the week leading up to April 1.

Treasuries fell across the curve after data showed manufacturing unexpectedly expanded for the first time since September 2022 — while input costs climbed.

Treasuries fell across the US curve, with shorter maturities leading the way after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he wants to see "at least a couple months of better inflation data" before cutting rates.