Pension portfolio rebalancing not key to low UST yields

Although portfolio rebalancing by US pension funds may have played a role in depressing Treasury yields, it is likely to have been a small one in the grand scheme of things. After all, they own only a small share of the Treasury market and the actions of some other owners have probably had a much bigger influence.

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