Current：Home > InvestTrying to solve the mystery of big bond yields -SecurePath Capital
Trying to solve the mystery of big bond yields
View
Date：2025-04-14 16:00:45
If you're wincing at high interest rates on a potential loan right now, it's not just you. And the Federal Reserve's rate hikes actually isn't (entirely) to blame either. There's another culprit: the rate of a return, or yield, on a Treasury bond issued by the U.S.
Today, we explore why this bond yield is so important and why it's at its highest level in years.
Related Episodes
The rat under the Fed's hat (Spotify/Apple Podcasts)
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood！ (333)
Related
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Former Exxon Scientists Tell Congress of Oil Giant’s Climate Research Before Exxon Turned to Denial
- Selma Blair, Sarah Michelle Gellar and More React to Shannen Doherty's Cancer Update
- See Ariana Madix SURve Up Justice in First Look at Buying Back My Daughter Movie
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- Ashley Tisdale Enters Her French Girl Era With New Curtain Bangs
- Jana Kramer Is Pregnant with Baby No. 3, Her First With Fiancé Allan Russell
- Seeing Clouds Clearly: Are They Cooling Us Down or Heating Us Up?
- Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture
- RHOA's Marlo Finally Confronts Kandi Over Reaction to Her Nephew's Murder in Explosive Sneak Peek
Ranking
- Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
- Climate Summit ‘Last Chance’ for Brazil to Show Leadership on Global Warming
- An Unusual Coalition of Environmental and Industry Groups Is Calling on the EPA to Quickly Phase Out Super-Polluting Refrigerants
- Texas teen who reportedly vanished 8 years ago while walking his dogs is found alive
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Helping endangered sea turtles, by air
- Targeted as a Coal Ash Dumping Ground, This Georgia Town Fought Back
- An Unusual Coalition of Environmental and Industry Groups Is Calling on the EPA to Quickly Phase Out Super-Polluting Refrigerants
Recommendation
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
RHOC's Tamra Judge Reveals Where She and Shannon Beador Stand After Huge Reconciliation Fight
Man accused of running over and killing woman with stolen forklift arrested
Court: Trump’s EPA Can’t Erase Interstate Smog Rules
Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
Danny Bonaduce Speaks Out After Undergoing Brain Surgery
Proposed rule on PFAS forever chemicals could cost companies $1 billion, but health experts say it still falls short
They Built a Life in the Shadow of Industrial Tank Farms. Now, They’re Fighting for Answers.