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The US Treasury building in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. The US government plans to borrow $100 billion in a single Treasury debt sale this week, an unprecedented figure that showcases both the magnitude of its borrowing needs and its ability to attract investors. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Foreign holdings of Treasuries climbed to a record high in June

By Christopher Anstey, Ye Xie, and others

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during the Federal Reserve IF 75TH Anniversary Conference in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, DC, US, on Monday, June 2, 2025. US President Donald Trump pushed Powell to lower interest rates at their first in-person meeting since the president’s inauguration last week, the White House said. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Fed on hold leaves Wall Street asking what it will take to cut interest rates

By Jonnelle Marte, Ye Xie, and others

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent walks out of the West Wing to do a television interview on the North Lawn of the White House on March 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Don’t fight Bessent’s Treasury’ is new mantra in US bond market

By Ye Xie, Liz Capo McCormick, and others

Scott Bessent, founder and chief executive officer of Key Square Group LP, arrives for the morning session of the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The 36th annual event gathers many of America’s wealthiest and most powerful people in media, technology, and sports. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

US Treasury pick Bessent ‘is a fiscal hawk’: Wall Street reacts

By Liz Capo McCormick, Ye Xie, and others

people at a job fair

Bond traders buckle up for ‘no landing’ after jobs surprise

By Ye Xie, Michael Mackenzie, and others

A television station broadcasts US Federal Reserve Chair Chair Jerome Powell speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on August 23, 2024.

Bond traders haven’t been this torn on a Fed call since 2007

By Ye Xie, Ruth Carson, and others

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 05: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on August 05, 2024 in New York City. All three major indexes closed with significant losses, with the Dow Jones falling 1,000 points and the S&P 500 sliding 3.2 percent, its worst day since 2022, amid a global market sell-off centered around fears of a U.S. recession. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The bond yield curve—a key recession indicator—disinverts as jobs data looks soft

By Liz Capo McCormick, Ye Xie, and others

Donald Trump spreading arms open

Dump this ‘Trump trade’ as Kamala Harris flips the election script, Citi says

By Ye Xie and Bloomberg

Steven Mnuchin

Steve Mnuchin calls for a culling of the 20-year Treasury bond he reintroduced

By Ye Xie, Liz Capo McCormick, and others

Jerome Powell walks toward flags

The Fed may not be slowing the economy much after all—but rates may not go that low when it’s time to cut

By Liz Capo McCormick, Ye Xie, and others

New York Stock Exchange traders

Here’s what Wall Street expects from financial markets after Iran’s attack on Israel. ‘The risk is if this situation escalates and there is contagion in the region’

By Srinivasan Sivabalan, Ye Xie, and others

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on January 3, 2024, in New York City. Wall Street stocks slumped to start Wednesday with all three major US indices in the red and key names such as Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Nvidia falling. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Stocks are having their worst start to a new year since 2003 as they reverse their euphoric gains from the past few months

By Lu Wang, Elena Popina, and others

Traders work after the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 7, 2019 in New York City. – Wall Street stocks finished little changed on August 7, 2019, following a choppy session as a plunge in treasury bond yields early in the day underscored worries about a weakening global economy. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)

An economic warning sign that preceded two past recessions is flashing ominously red again

By Ye Xie, Michael Mackenzie, and others

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 12: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 12, 2023 in New York City. New government data released Wednesday showed that inflation fell to 3% in June in the United States— the 12th-consecutive month of declines. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A key predictor of economic trouble is flashing red, but Goldman Sachs is telling investors to ignore it

By Ye Xie and Bloomberg

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 23: Michael Burry attends the “The Big Short” New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on November 23, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage)

‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry is betting big on China tech as other hedge funds have cooled on Beijing

By Ye Xie and Bloomberg