Bond Yields Are Up Again Despite Oil-Price Decline
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Bond Yields Are Up Again Despite Oil-Price Decline

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 29, 20261 min

Plus: Stocks closed lower after New York Fed President John Williams said the central bank could wait until December before raising interest rates again. And Shein saw its stock tumble after a worse-than-expected earnings report. 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 i...

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Lessons wherever you get your podcasts. Here's your closing bell brief for Tuesday, September 29th. I'm Pierre Bien-Amé for The Wall Street Journal. Bond yields are picking up momentum again.

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Yields on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes ticked higher, hitting yet another 19-year high. The 30-year yield rose to about 5.59 percent, its highest level since 2002. The two-year Treasury, however, fell after New York Fed President John Williams said the central bank could wait until December before raising interest rates again.

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