Significant losses for US Treasuries across all maturities

Bloomberg confirmed, US Treasuries It lost significantly across all maturities as investors assess a faster pace of monetary tightening cycle following the policy-tightening statements by several Fed officials.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and other members of the Fed said Federal Reserve At various times during the week, the central bank may need to move more aggressively to fight inflation while keeping a half-point rate hike as a key option.

In addition, concerns about inflation increased as energy and commodity prices continued to rise against the backdrop of the Ukraine war.

In terms of yields, all US Treasury yields rose, with the two-year bond yield jumping 33.35 basis points (the largest weekly increase since 2009) to reach 2.273%, the highest level recorded since May 2019.

Worship Bond yields 5-year period by 40.29 basis points (the largest weekly increase since 2011) to reach 2.546%, to reach its highest level since March 2019.

On the long-term level, the 10-year bond yield increased by 32.47 basis points (the largest weekly increase since 2019) to settle at 2.477%, the highest level since May 2019, and the 30-year yield increased by 16.37 basis points to reach 2.587%, It is at its highest level since July 2019.

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