Treasury yields fall after Fed’s inflation gauge misses forecasts

Inflation could still be on the rise so the Fed want to raise the rate to combat it. This impact Treasury which break through the concern of 3%. Here are some article highlights:

At 4:32 p.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note had fallen to 3.079 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond dipped to 3.315 percent. Bond yields move inversely to prices. …

“The key element is the inflation numbers,” said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James. “It’s now back below the Fed’s 2 percent goal and may make them a little more gradual. They’ve been raising once a quarter, so now maybe it will become once every three meetings.” …

“The main thing where we might need to move along a little bit quicker if inflation surprises to the upside. We don’t see that,” Powell told reporters during his quarterly news conference in September.

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