India 10-year bond sees second weekly fall on Fed letdown

The yield on the 10-year benchmark ended at 6.4885%, after closing at 6.5139% on Thursday. The yield rose marginally on the week, after climbing 2 basis points last week. Yields move inversely to prices. The Federal Reserve reduced interest rates by 25 bps and indicated 50 bps of more cuts in 2025. However, Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed will be in a "meeting-by-meeting situation" regarding the rate cut outlook, and framed the move as a risk-management cut. This indicates that the rate cut cycle may not ...