What’s Driving Treasury Yields Higher?
For wealth professionals managing bond exposure, it frames supply and policy uncertainty as drivers of Treasury yields and outlines one manager's approach to duration risk.
Summary
By the bonds & fixed income deskThis Basis Points episode with Maggie Lucier and Kevin Flanagan discusses what is keeping Treasury yields elevated. It covers AI-related debt issuance above $500 billion in 2026, a nearly $2.0 trillion U.S. budget deficit and Fed uncertainty, and Flanagan explains why he favors a zero-duration approach to managing interest rate risk.
- AI-related debt issuance has surpassed $500 billion in 2026, adding supply pressures in bond markets.
- The U.S. budget deficit is nearly $2.0 trillion.
- The episode discusses what is keeping Treasury yields elevated and the impact of Fed uncertainty.
- Kevin Flanagan favors a zero-duration approach to managing interest rate risk.
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