Ring! Ring! Goes The Long Bond Bell, Are You Listening?
The long bond is ringing a bell and the message is not inflation.
The yield on the 30-year long bond fell 13 basis points today after holding pat yesterday when other yields rose across the board.
US Treasury Spreads
Treasury spreads peaked around February 22. The 30-year long bond yield peaked on March 18 at 2.45%.
Many thought the long bond yield was headed up, up, and away never to dip below 2.0% again.
One more move like today and we will be there tomorrow, but a pause after this move seems more likely.
US Treasury Yields Monthly Average
Asymmetric Policy
The Fed has an overriding tendency to hold rates too low too long. the slope and amplitude of interest rate moves tends to steeper and deeper down than up.
Dot Plot of Expected Hikes by Fed Members
By the Time
The Fed has penciled in two rate hikes for 2023.for discussion, please see Fed Will Foolishly Continue QE Purchases in Search of Higher Inflation
By the time they get around to hiking, they will instead be cutting.
Meanwhile, the way these dunderheads think, there will soon be some discussion about the need to hike just so they have "room to cut".
I rather doubt we get there.
There is one slight problem. At 0% the Fed has no room to cut.
Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell