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Monitoring the Treasury Market with Fiscal Dashboard
Read moreThe Treasury market has been making headlines recently, amid poor Treasury auction results and heightened volatility in yields. While strong growth... -
Don't Count on Growth to Fix the Debt
Read moreStrong economic growth will be needed to help fix the debt problems the country faces, and lawmakers should take growth effects into consideration... -
Deficit Reduction Is Key to Improving Affordability
Read moreAmericans face many affordability challenges. High inflation, increasing interest rates, rising housing costs, growing health costs, elevated gas... -
10-Year Treasury Yield Hit 4.8%, Highest Since 2023
Read moreInterest rates are on the rise across the yield curve. The 10-year Treasury note closed at a high yield of 4.8%, a level not seen in nearly three... -
New Paper Looks at Changing Foreign Demand for U.S. Debt
Read moreIn a working paper, The United States and Its Creditors: Assessing Foreign Demand for U.S. Assets, from the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center on... -
Three Reasons to Worry About Rising Treasuries
Read moreInterest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds recently rose to levels not seen in decades. A recent 30-year Treasury auction ended with yields at over 5.2% –... -
Maya MacGuineas Discusses $40T Debt, Affordability on Bloomberg TV
Read moreCommittee president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Bloomberg TV's "Balance of Power" with hosts Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz to discuss a wide... -
Treasury Auction Yield Hits Highest in 25 Years
Read moreA $25 billion 30-year Treasury auction this week ended with yields at 5.216% – the highest since 2001. The auction is the latest sign of investors’... -
The 10-year Treasury Yield Eclipsed 4.6%
Read moreThe 10-year Treasury note surpassed 4.6% today, 45 basis points above projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and more than 60% higher... -
Rising Interest Rates are Exploding the Debt
Read moreThe 30-year Treasury bond just reached its highest yield in almost 19 years, 5.2%, and other interest rates are approaching similar highs. This week... -
Rising Interest Rates Could Push Debt Higher
Read moreThe 10-year Treasury yield is currently 4.5% – the highest rate in over a year – while 30-year Treasuries now carry a 5.0% interest rate. In fact... -
Mitch Daniels: Debt disaster denialists think America has a new magic bullet
Read moreMitch Daniels is a former Governor of Indiana and former President of Purdue University. He is also a Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the...