Stocks sank Thursday to give back gains after a record-setting session, with investors nervously eyeing signs that the economic recovery might get derailed. The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq were each off by more than 1%. This marked the first time since June that the S&P 500 opened more than 1% lower. A day earlier, the blue-chip index rose to a record closing high for the eighth time in the last nine sessions as concerns over a near-term monetary policy adjustment and sustainably high inflation… Source link
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(Bloomberg) — U.S. Treasuries tumbled anew on Wednesday, driving long-maturity yields to their highest levels this week and pushing up inflation expectations as traders continued to price in a quicker economic rebound from the pandemic. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields surged as much as 10.3 basis points to 1.495%, a move reminiscent of last Thursday’s startling selloff in government debt. Meanwhile, a market proxy for the anticipated annual inflation rate for the next half-decade… Source link
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