US 10Y Bond Yields Creaking Again

 | Apr 24, 2019 14:38

Benchmark US government bond prices have been inching higher and yields lower again, suggesting the recent improvement in US data has not made a big impact on interest rate expectations.

If the moves can be sustained, this could potentially derail the US dollar’s rally against some of her major rival after the US Dollar Index briefly broke above last year’s high yesterday. Admittedly, the euro remains a soft spot owing to the economic troubles in the Eurozone and this could keep the DXY’s downside limited. However, other currencies such as the Japanese yen and British pound, and potentially gold, could make a comeback should US bond yields fall further.

Indeed, the longer-term technical directional bias is still bearish on 10y US yields given the lower lows and lower highs on the weekly, and with the long-term bullish trend also broken.