Fixed income

The confabs are a sign that Republicans are getting serious about negotiating the contours of a tax deal, even as the House and Senate are pursuing separate strategies.

Bessent had repeatedly criticized then-Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for boosting the share of bills in US debt.

Long-maturity yields rose as much as four basis points, with the 10-year note's stalling at around 4.53%. A gauge of the dollar held steady after two days of gains.

The yield on 10-year US notes fell as much as 12.5 basis points — the most intraday in almost two weeks — to 4.50%, before paring the decline.

Investors and analysts see pockets of value in asset-backed securities, as elevated fiscal policy uncertainty and wariness about the economic environment rise.

By Tuesday's close, they were back well below the 5% mark, with the 30-year's lower on the day by six basis points to 4.80%.

The issuance marks the first time a multilateral climate fund is turning to the capital markets, as cash-strapped developed nations balk at providing the funds needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Wednesday brings the next pivotal data point, with the release of the latest consumer-price figures, which are forecast to show inflation remains sticky.

The movements were spurred by jitters around persistent inflation and ballooning government debt, leading futures traders to wager that the Fed is unlikely to ease monetary policy again until late 2025.

U.S. Treasuries plunged on Friday after data showed the labor market grew in December, sending the 30-year bond's yield above 5% for the first time in more than a year.

In the US, the 10-year Treasury yield rose as high as 4.73% Wednesday, pushing it toward the 5% peak hit in October 2023, before pulling back down.

It was propelled in part by supply pressure, as demand was soft for the first of three Treasury auctions this week and as a slew of high-grade corporate bond offerings competed for investor cash.

Uncompleted trades involving the 20-year Treasury exceeded $21 billion in the week ended December 25 ... the second-highest amount in the history of the tenor.

The overall price drop was offset by interest payments, allowing a broad gauge of the Treasury market to post a gain of about 0.7% this year through Dec. 30.

Treasury was notified on Dec. 8 by a third-party software provider that a hacker had gained access "to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service."

Treasury yields remain near the upper end of their trading range for this year given the limited outlook for further interest rate cuts, along with concerns that rates will remain elevated because of the potentially inflationary policies being proposed by President-elect Donald Trump.

Investors have been demanding additional yield compensation, or term premium, for long-term Treasuries amid signs of sticky inflation.

Franklin Templeton Investments Chief Executive Officer Jenny Johnson said she's concerned that some investment- and non-investment-grade private credit assets are trading at the same spreads as traditional fixed-income investments like corporate bonds.

Economic forecasts include the possibility of higher inflation and slower growth that could stall future cuts to the federal fund rates.

The rally left yields lower by at least three basis points, with short maturities — more sensitive to Fed policy changes — falling the most.