Treasurys

The bonds are tied to rights to collect mortgage payments, known as mortgage servicing rights, and it's only the second such deal that's non-recourse.

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

Money-market funds with cash to invest are doing more repo — extending overnight credit to owners of Treasuries, causing the rates on the loans to decline.

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

He also reiterated that he and Trump are focused on bringing down 10-year Treasury yields, rather than on the Fed's short-term benchmark rate.

The rally gained additional pace late in the session after President Donald Trump said there was no room left for a deal on Canada and Mexico tariffs ahead of their effective date Tuesday.

Treasuries gained for a sixth straight session. Morgan Stanley say the 10-year has scope to fall back below 4% if the prevailing view on the Fed shifts.

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.