The unusual stability of long-term US Treasury yields during the last Fed tightening cycle between 2004 and 2006 has been attributed to a glut of global savings. We are not convinced by this explanation. In any case, surplus savings outside the US are smaller today than they were then and there is much less scope for them to anchor yields in the coming tightening cycle.
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