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Amazing. Treasury returns tend to be inversely correlated to the overall economic conditions. So when the economy (and employment rate) is doing well, Fed hikes interest rates to prevent an overheating economy, so treasuries lose value. When the economy slows, the Fed lowers rates, treasuries do well.
The people running the Treasury social media account live in opposite land, or they know they're spreading propaganda.
Yeah, I thought high yield on bonds is bad for the government and means they had to increase rates to intice people to buy them. Meaning Trump is bad for the economy, according to the Treasury.
Yeah this is a sign that the economy is tanking and people are flocking to stable bonds in order to have a guaranteed return.
This is some mental gymnastics the og tweet is pulling.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it's the inverse in this instance. There is a lack of faith in the US to repay its debts, so they have to increase the rates to attract buyers.
Typically, in bad times rates go down as people are clamoring for stable/risk free places to store cash.
So basically, even though things aren't looking good economy wise, people are still avoiding bonds and so the government has to jack up rates to move bonds. This is tied to some of the crazy moves Trump/Republicans have been making that almost destroyed the US bond market.
The latter. Instruction from above: squeeze everything out of it you can, any way you can. Don't talk to me about facts and truthfulness.
I wouldn't put it past them to be so stupid as to not understand how any of this works, they just see "Trump number up, Biden number down, we're winning bigly" and hit post