The Six-Month Treasury Yield Jumps

Yesterday, the yield on the six-month Treasury closed at 0.27%. That may not sound like a lot but it’s the highest yield in years. On June 19, less than three months ago, the six-month yielded 0.05%.

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According to the Treasury’s website, the six-month yielded 0.27% on April 5, 2010. Before that, the six-month hasn’t yielded higher than 0.27% since August 8, 2009.

Obviously, the market is gearing up for a rate increase at some point; we still don’t know when yet. But remember that the yield is very low, and it’s still well below the rate of inflation.

Posted by on September 9th, 2015 at 9:28 am


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