EPISODE · Feb 22, 2021 · 7 MIN
Interest Rates in an Early Spring
from Notes on the Week Ahead · host Dr. David Kelly
Long-term interest rates have risen sharply in 2021 so far, with the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond climbing from 0.93% on January 4th to 1.34% by last Friday. This move is a logical reaction to better news on the pandemic, encouraging data on how the economy has weathered an early-winter surge in covid cases, and rising prospects for significant fiscal stimulus. However, given this positive news flow, the bond market may have under-reacted so far, suggesting that investors need to be positioned for further increases in rates as economic springtime turns to summer.
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