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Has “safe-haven” demand driven US Treasury yields down?

While demand for US Treasuries as a “safe haven” may have increased over the past year, we doubt this has contributed significantly to the sharp decline in their yields. Other factors that are also unrelated to expectations for monetary policy have probably played a bigger role in this regard.

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