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13:50
Sep 10
Sep 10
Long-end yields face structural upward pressure
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are inflation-adjusted programs that are adding to the deficit, especially as inflation rises. This structural fiscal pressure is hitting the long end of the Treasury curve, and the market is realizing the inflation problem is not easily solved, so long-end yields face upward pressure.
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05:23
Sep 07
Sep 07
Front-run Treasury buyback, then fade.
Treasury traders are likely to front-run the U.S. Treasury bond buyback by pushing up long-end prices into the announcement, but bond prices tend to fall afterward once the buying is done, similar to BOJ operations, because the buyback does not change fundamentals; a surprise such as canceling 30-year auctions could alter the setup.
MED
22:00
Sep 01
Sep 01
Expect higher long-end Treasury yields.
Hermann expects investors to face a tighter rates environment, with the next Treasury selloff likely coming from the long end of the curve. She sees room for the Fed to stay on hold through September because wage growth is decelerating and long-term inflation expectations remain anchored, but strong AI, defense, energy, and infrastructure investment leaves higher inflation and higher rates ahead.
HIGH
07:33
Sep 01
Sep 01
Fiscal skepticism keeps long yields sticky
Kaplan says the Treasury market is skeptical the U.S. can reduce its fiscal deficit, so the long end requires more compensation and will stay sticky absent fundamental reforms such as entitlement reform, productivity gains or spending discipline.
MED
07:01
Sep 01
Sep 01
Long-end Treasury yields stay pressured.
Treasury buybacks are temporary interventions and do not solve the structural problem of capital allocating toward long-dated debt issued by hyperscalers. Combined with higher inflation and fiscal risk, this puts upward pressure on long-end Treasury yields and supports rates staying higher for longer.
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06:15
Aug 31
Aug 31
Japan bond volatility threatens long-end Treasuries.
Japan is the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasuries; yen weakness and volatility in the long end of the Japanese bond market can feed into U.S. long-end Treasuries, and losing control of Japanese long-end yields would be very negative for U.S. long-end bonds.
MED
22:01
Aug 24
Aug 24
Watch Treasury intervention cap long yields.
Treasury interventions alone have limited effect, but the threat of using the more than $900 billion Treasury General Account creates a cloud over rates that could suddenly jerk long-end yields lower and likely limits how far rates can rise.
MED
05:01
Aug 24
Aug 24
Warsh speech risks Treasury volatility.
The bond market is ahead of the Fed, and the long-end Treasury yield problem is structural rather than fixable by temporary buybacks. Persistent inflation, a bad fiscal deficit, and around $1 trillion of corporate bond issuance competing with government paper mean long-end Treasury yields will likely stay elevated.
MED
20:07
Aug 22
Aug 22
Term premium driven by debt supply.
The rise in long-end US yields is mostly a term premium story: investors are demanding extra compensation to hold US debt because there is more debt supply and buyers are more reluctant. Real-rate increases have been driven by term premium, not inflation breakevens, which points to continued upward pressure on long-term Treasury yields.
HIGH
16:05
Aug 22
Aug 22
Buybacks won't lower long-term Treasury yields.
Treasury Secretary Bessent's bond-market intervention is politically motivated and too small to move the $30 trillion Treasury market. The administration's tariffs, geopolitical entanglements, and repeated gimmicks are adding upward pressure on inflation and long-end yields; without these interventions, inflation would likely be in the low 2s and long-end Treasury yields substantially lower.
HIGH
11:50
Aug 21
Aug 21
September issuance may boost long-end bonds
If the September issuance window shows no real indigestion in absorbing investment-grade and hyperscaler debt, the crowding-out narrative loses force and that can be positive for the long end in credit and Treasuries.
MED
13:47
Aug 19
Aug 19
Long-end Treasury yields capped near 5%
On a longer horizon, Goldberg expects long-end Treasury yields to hover around current levels and does not expect a breakout to 5%; he sees 5% as a line in the sand with enough investors keen to buy both nominal and real long-end yields, and he views real rates as quite attractive.
MED
21:36
Aug 13
Aug 13
Long-end rates face upward pressure.
BlackRock is closely focused on the long end of the interest rate curve and sees upward risk to rates because capital markets are being stretched by historic capex demand, large fiscal demands from developed governments, investment-grade issuance, household borrowing and mortgage demand. That dynamic tilts interest-rate risk upward, particularly at the longer end.
HIGH
10:22
Aug 13
Aug 13
Long-end Treasuries compelling in range.
He sees U.S. long-end Treasuries, including the 30-year, as compelling at current levels and expects them to remain range-bound; until there is a definitive break of the 10-year yield range, long-duration U.S. bonds are a good investment for long-haul holders.
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21:25
Jun 16
Jun 16
Less Fed guidance initially boosts term premium
Less forward guidance from the Fed is expected to initially raise term premia, pushing long-end Treasury yields higher in an environment where inflation surprises are to the upside and rate-hike concerns persist. Over the medium term, the term premium component is likely to become more volatile rather than directionally biased.
MED
About U.S. Long-End Treasuries Investor Commentary
Across the available history and selected sources, Buzzberg tracks U.S. Long-End Treasuries across 3 sources: 2 bullish vs 7 bearish calls from 13 authors. Historical directional balance: -33% = 100 × (bullish − bearish) / all deduplicated idea records, including other directions. This is neither a probability of a price rise nor the share of bullish authors. 15 total trade ideas tracked. Latest voices: Mike Reid, Mark Cranfield, Julia Hermann.