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The collapse in price swings of U.S. government debt to a four-year low shows increasing investor confidence that yields will stay at about record lows amid growing competition for a dwindling supply of the safest assets.
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The $10 trillion market for U.S. Treasuries is signaling that the economic recovery may be poised to weaken even as consumer confidence rises toward pre-recession levels.
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The Federal Reserve will “normalize” monetary policy sooner than many investors predict, according to UBS AG, while Barclays Capital Inc. says forecasts of central bank interest-rate rises are “premature.”
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Treasury yields will rebound on signs Europe is containing its sovereign-debt crisis and evidence the global economic recovery is regaining momentum, according to Barclays Plc.
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Treasuries snapped a three-day gain before a U.S. report that economists said will show new home purchases climbed to the highest level in more than a year as the housing market stabilizes.
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Ben S. Bernanke is signaling his willingness to double down on a three-year bet that’s failed to revive housing, showing the extent of the Federal Reserve chairman’s effort to wrest a recovery from the deepest recession.
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Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage bonds that guide U.S. home-loan rates soared in the biggest two-day jump in 15 months as borrowing costs rise from almost record lows.
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Investors who made some of the biggest profits from the 2007 bust in U.S. mortgages are once again in agreement. This time, they’re going long.
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House Speaker John Boehner ’s appearance before Wall Street leaders tonight challenges him to provide reassurance that Congress will raise the U.S. debt limit without undercutting Republican demands for spending controls.
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Ben S. Bernanke’s success in pushing mortgage rates to record lows is enabling Congress to fund last month’s payroll tax cut extension by siphoning money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, while homebuyers still benefit from the cheapest borrowing costs in history.
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