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US bond investors brace for 'hawkish cut,' spurn long-term bonds

general :: 2024-12-18 :: source - reuters

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss

NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Bond investors, expecting the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, are bracing for the central bank to scale back its easing in 2025 in anticipation of higher inflation under the Trump administration.

Market players are staying out of longer-dated Treasuries with U.S. inflation already looking stickier, preferring to hold notes on the front end to the middle of the curve, anywhere from two-year to five-year notes..Read more


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