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Good news on inflation not doing much for Treasuries

Despite the US-China truce, we still think inflationary pressures will prompt the Fed to stay pat for a while yet. But we doubt the 10-year Treasury yield will rise much more from here, even though investors are still pricing in rate cuts. That’s because we expect the 10-year Treasury term premium to drop back a bit as trade tensions continue to ease.

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