10-Year Treasury Yield Hits New 24-Year High
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10-Year Treasury Yield Hits New 24-Year High

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 20262 min

Plus: Oil prices are on the rise, after easing in recent days. And Boeing shares fall slightly after it secured a U.S. Navy contract to build its next-generation jet fighter. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our colle...

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Clarity is a competitive advantage, especially when it comes to the economy. That's because anybody can know what's happening, but understanding why it matters is crucial. Hi, I'm Kai Rizdahl, the host of Marketplace. We provide the context you need to understand how the economy influences our everyday lives,

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I'm Pierre Bienemay for The Wall Street Journal. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to a new multi-decade high after data showed the U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter. The yield, which is a benchmark for interest rates on all types of debt, rose to 5.304%.

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