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10-0 The FOMC left rates unchanged the day after the Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Official Statement: August 5, 2008 2.00% 2.25% 10–1 The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 2 percent. Official statement: April 30, 2008 2.00% 2.25% 8–2 The FOMC cut rates by 25 basis points.
Bond yields soared after the Fed's summary of economic projections and Powell's remarks indicated just two rate cuts in 2025. The 10-year Treasury yield spiked 10 basis points to 4.49%.
The 2011 S&P downgrade was the first time the US federal government was given a rating below AAA. S&P had announced a negative outlook on the AAA rating in April 2011. The downgrade to AA+ occurred four days after the 112th United States Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling of the federal government by means of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on August 2, 2011.
In commodities, bonds, and crypto: West Texas Intermediate crude oil dipped 1% to $71.03 a barrel. Brent crude , the international benchmark, was lower by 1.01% to $75.27 a barrel.
There is a time dimension to the analysis of bond values. A 10-year bond at purchase becomes a 9-year bond a year later, and the year after it becomes an 8-year bond, etc. Each year the bond moves incrementally closer to maturity, resulting in lower volatility and shorter duration and demanding a lower interest rate when the yield curve is rising.
The 10-year Treasury yield has mostly stayed below 5 percent over the past 20 years. It hit a historic low of about 0.5 percent in August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic after the Fed slashed ...
Treasury bonds (T-bonds, also called a long bond) have the longest maturity at twenty or thirty years. They have a coupon payment every six months like T-notes. [12] The U.S. federal government suspended issuing 30-year Treasury bonds for four years from February 18, 2002, to February 9, 2006. [13]
Finance experts expect the 10-year Treasury will yield 4.14 percent a year from now. ... where it cut interest rates by 25 basis points. ... Bond forecast: Pros see 10-year Treasury yield falling ...