10-Year Treasury Yield Closes 2025 Lower
- * Date: December 30, 2025 * 10-year Treasury Yield: Rose to 4.163% on Wednesday, but ended 2025 lower overall due to Federal Reserve rate cuts and decreasing (but...
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* Date: December 30, 2025
* 10-year Treasury Yield: Rose to 4.163% on Wednesday, but ended 2025 lower overall due to Federal Reserve rate cuts and decreasing (but still present) inflation.
* 2-year Treasury Yield: Rose to 3.475% on Wednesday.
* Initial jobless Claims: Came in at 199,000 for the week ended December 27th, lower than the expected 220,000 and down from the previous week’s revised 215,000.
* Economic Outlook: Despite changes under President Trump’s policies (tariffs, immigration, government worker firings), the economy hasn’t fallen into recession as some predicted. The labor market remains strong.
* Bond Market Volatility: 2025 was a choppy year for the bond market, influenced by Trump’s tariff policy and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions.
* Basis Point Definition: One basis point equals 0.01%.