Why Have Markets Gone Cold on Long-Term Treasuries? | Presented by CME Group

It's not at all uncommon for different duration treasury yields to rise and fall at different speeds, creating varied slopes of the yield curve to reflect market conditions. Much more rare is when different duration yields move in entirely opposite directions. Well, in recent weeks, 30-year Treasury yields have risen while shorter term yields have fallen.Pattern last seen in 2001. This shift is driven by a couple interesting factors. First, the Federal Reserve has cut short-term interest rates by 100 basis ...