Investments

With debt offices slashing sales of longer-maturity debt, the recent drop in 30-year bond yields is likely to run further.

Yields on 10-year notes rose two basis points to 3.99% after falling the previous two sessions, while monetary policy-sensitive two-year notes held steady around 3.49% Wednesday morning.

Yields on 10-year benchmark US government bonds rose as much as four basis points to 4.04%, the highest in more than a week, after negotiators from the world's two biggest economies said they'd struck a series of agreements on issues.

The consumer price index for September — delayed by the federal government shutdown — showed core prices rose 0.2% on a monthly basis, less than the 0.3% expected.

Traders are shifting their focus to Friday's release of the consumer price index, the first real glimpse on the state of the economy since the start of the US government shutdown.

While Anthelion's First Brands exposure is dwarfed by other creditors, the firm's investment speaks to how pervasive the company's debt became across Wall Street before its collapse.

Enpal and M&G's move comes at a complex moment for securitizations backed by energy infrastructure and home efficiency equipment.

Last week, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon raised the alarm over certain corners of the credit markets might see outsized losses if the economy sours.

Dollar bonds, meanwhile, reversed an earlier jump. Notes maturing in 2035 were down by almost 0.1 cent on the dollar, trading at 57 cents.

The department has been increasing the supply of bills — Treasury securities that mature in a year or less — in a way that means the federal government needs to carry a larger checking-account balance.

Adam Piekarski, founder, leads initial senior members Kory Klebanoff and Urian Yap, partners, to commit $1.8 billion across the firm's investment strategies.

Treasuries have rallied since the flare-up in trade talks prompted renewed demand for U.S. government debt as a haven.

The five-part deal's longest portion, an 11-year fixed-to-floating rate note, yields 0.92 percentage point more than Treasuries.

After an apparent truce, the US and China are back to making tit-for-tat trade swipes. Market participants are fretting more about the potential impact on growth than how the protectionist measures will affect inflation.

While the shutdown has delayed the release of federally-compiled statistics, economists at Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group said state-level data suggested initial jobless claims increased last week.

Over the past two years, volume in the $30 trillion US government bond market was about 58% higher than average on the last trading day of the month, the New York Fed found.

The government closure that began on Oct. 1 has delayed the release of official data that traders rely on to assess growth and inflation and gauge the Fed's next steps, after it eased last month for the first time this year.

Moves in Japanese government bonds have foreshadowed that of their global counterparts this year, with a spike in super-long yields in the Asian nation amplifying ructions fueled by fears of widening fiscal deficits.

The biggest portion of the transaction, the $290 million of class A-1 bonds rated Aaa, were sold to yield 1.33% more than their Secured Overnight Financing Rate benchmark.

Johnson will be based in New York and joins a business development team focused on originating for Sagard's private credit business.