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Stocks slipped in early trading on Tuesday as long-dated bond yields rose and speculation of a rate hike this year grew.

A sustained move higher in yields will have consequences well beyond Wall Street. One of the most direct victims is the government itself, which will be forced to pay higher interest rates on its growing pile of debt as older bonds mature and are replaced by new ones. Over the past half-century, federal interest costs averaged 2.1% of GDP.

Traders are pricing in a more than 66% chance that the Fed will raise rates by a quarter point later this month, according to CME data. Expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates jumped after Kevin Warsh struck a hawkish tone at Jackson Hole on Friday.

The 10-year Treasury yield edged up further on Monday to trade as high as 4.755%, the highest intraday value since January 15, 2025, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Yields rise when bond prices fall--essentially investors are now paying less money to buy that same fixed payout on a long bond. Yields had risen on Friday as well after Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech that signaled higher rates are here to stay.

The stock market picked up steam even as odds of a September interest-rate hike rose in the wake of Kevin Warsh's hawkish remarks. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.5%. Warsh's first speech at Jackson Hole since taking over as Fed chair had traders upping bets on a September rate hike.

Stocks were struggling to find direction on Friday after Kevin Warsh began his Jackson Hole speech. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.2%. The tone of Warsh's speech was more hawkish than his prior comments since taking over as chairman.

How much will Kevin Warsh say in Jackson Hole today? Today marks his first major address since then, but some market watchers are skeptical the tight-lipped chairman will tip his hands on rates. “The irony is that he now faces pressure to communicate more clearly to address questions around the Fed’s credibility,” wrote Hetal Mehta, chief economist at the British wealth manager St. James’s Place.

Stocks weren’t moving much at the open on Friday, as Wall Street awaited Kevin Warsh’s looming Jackson Hole speech. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 150 points, or 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.1%.

Treasuries have rallied heading into Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech as Fed chairman. The bond market typically sells off in the lead-up to the Fed's annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. From 2011 to 2025, 10-year Treasury yields rose 5 basis points or 0.05 percentage points, on average, in the week prior to Jackson Hole, according to Vail Hartman, U.S. rates strategist at BMO.

All eyes turned to the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Symposium, where Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh is scheduled to speak.

Think Treasurys are having a rough summer? It's even uglier abroad. Countries with large debt burdens—France, Italy, the U.K., Japan—have come under the heaviest pressure in recent months. The forces fueling the overseas rout include renewed inflation fears, fiscal woes in France, pressure on the Japanese yen and budget worries in the U.

The Fed’s closely-watched inflation gauge revealed prices were a bit higher than expected in July--bond traders don't like that. After taking a breather on Tuesday, bonds are selling off yet again. Yield were up across the board on Wednesday morning; both the 2-year and 10-year yield were up by around 0.

Treasury yields fall alongside oil prices as the U.S. increases sanctions on Iran. Crude futures fall 3% and Brent trades below $90. The WSJ Dollar Index gives away overnight gains and is flat, while Bitcoin briefly jumps above $80,000, amid growing concerns that Washington will tolerate high inflation and expanding fiscal deficits.

A make-or-break week for the stock market kicked off with another wave of chip stock selling. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.5%. Ahead of Nvidia’s blockbuster earnings report on Wednesday, the iShares Semiconductor ETF was down again.

A broad stock market slide followed a snap-back in yields. So much for that bond market rebound. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 698 points, or 1.3%. The S&P 500 dropped 0.9%. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1%.

Treasury yields are choppy after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emphasized that upcoming buybacks of longer-term bonds could be more than $4 billion per operation. Appearing on CNBC a day after the Treasury announced that it would increase buybacks of longer-term bonds, Bessent said the government has “a big toolkit” to bring down yields, which he said don’t currently reflect economic fundamentals. Treasury yields initially fell after Bessent started speaking but then retracted that move.

Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,580 per troy ounce on Thursday, August 20, 2026, up 0.8% from Wednesday's closing price.

A: Analysts say that buying back more government bonds could mute the march higher in longer-term yields. At Dutch bank ING, Padhraic Garvey says "the Treasury could double the long tenor buyback sizes again, and again if needed". At Japanese bank MUFG, analysts say "the US Treasury could play a key role here by of course addressing the ever-expending fiscal deficit...We all know that’s not going to happen."

By Niket Nishant and Rae Wee Aug 20 (Reuters) - A bond market reprieve appeared to be fading on Thursday as U.S. government bonds sold off and kept stocks under pressure, with investors questioning

Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,391.40 per troy ounce on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, down 0.7% from Tuesday's closing price.

Treasury yields are down sharply after the Treasury Department said it would at least double the size of its buyback operations for longer-term notes and bonds. Treasury's buyback operations are meant to improve liquidity in the bond market by reducing the amount of older securities. Treasury's website states that the agency "does not currently intend to use buyback operations to mitigate episodes of acute market stress."

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 116 points, or 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.3%. A majority of Dow stocks actually closed higher, but shares of firms linked to the artificial intelligence trade weighed down the index.

Treasury yields rise while the U.S.-Iran standoff remains unresolved and crude prices edge higher. In coming days, investors will be awaiting Fed minutes Wednesday and Chairman Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech later this month.

Treasury yields are on pace for a weekly decline following signs of cooling inflation that bolster odds of a Fed hold, not hike, next month. Oil prices edge higher as the supply chain remains choked in the Middle East and the White House threatens Iran with more economic isolation.

Stocks were rallying out of the gate on Wednesday after Wall Street shrugged off the latest inflation report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 101 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 was up 0.5%. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.

The stock market was on the road to nowhere on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 were flat. The Nasdaq Composite was down slightly. The S&P hit a fresh closing high on Friday and ran out of gas.

Treasury yields lose some of their overnight momentum but remain elevated as rising oil prices rekindle inflation fears. The U.S.-Iran standoff shows no signs of abating and Brent crude approaches $90 a barrel.

Higher energy prices are reigniting inflation concerns, pushing global government bond yields upward. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.729% this morning, according to Tradeweb, within striking of its year-to-date closing peak of 4.

Treasury yields rise ahead of U.S. inflation data due later this week and following July's unexpected negative payroll numbers. Iran makes tough demands to reopen Hormuz, pushing oil futures up 1.5%. Economists surveyed by WSJ expect July's 12-month CPI inflation to cool slightly to 3.

Friday’s weaker-than-expected jobs report has flipped the market-based odds of whether the Federal Reserve raises interest rate in September. Interest-rate futures now show a 56% chance that the Fed stays on hold at its next meeting and a 44% chance of a rate hike, according to CME Group data.