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  • Bond markets are not so subtly telling the Fed that rates aren't high enough

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    Once again, the bond market is signaling to the Federal Reserve that interest rates aren’t high enough. The 2-year Treasury yield, a leading indicator of the Fed’s interest rate policy, has risen to 4.1%, well above the upper end of the Fed’s target range of 3.50%-3.75%. At the same time, the yield on the 10-year Treasury — a warning about investors’ inflation expectations — nearly touched 4.7% before backing off Wednesday. “The Bond Vigilantes are threatening that if the Fed doesn't tighten credit conditions, they will do so to maintain law and order in the economy,” Ed Yardeni wrote this week in a ... (full story)

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Price
May 21, 2026 11:55am
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Imagine if the FED would have caved to pressure and lowered rates earlier this year....
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FlyingTurtle
May 21, 2026 12:11pm
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I doubt it would have made a difference unless it made Trump not want to attack Iran.
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Cedlegend
May 21, 2026 12:18pm
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He would have done anyway.
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Cedlegend
May 21, 2026 12:19pm
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Watch Warsh sink the USA into another crisis and bring other countries with them like they always do.
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Jwosjw
May 21, 2026 12:25pm
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What they're presenting here is a watered down version of the real economic outlook that Trump has seen for him to immediately sign the surrender in the Gulf. All you yank warhawks, I hope you get hit worse than 2008!
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