Bond Market’s ‘Extreme’ Short Counts on Fed to Deliver Hike
monetary_policyUnited StatesBloomberg16 Sept, 12:36 UTC
Context
Bond traders have piled into bearish positions ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting, betting that the Treasury selloff driving yields to their highest in almost two decades will continue. Steven Major, Global Macro Advisor at Tradition, discusses the case for a bond rally and falling yields. (Source: Bloomberg)
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