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Treasury yields top 5% as Fed rate hike odds surge

By Drooid · Sep 15, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC · How we work

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Mortgage Rates Surge

Mortgage rates climbed to a 30-year fixed 6.76%, tightening home-buyer financing.
High rates have frozen the U.S. housing market for four years.
Auto-loan costs rose with Treasury yields, pressuring car shoppers facing high dealer prices.
Diesel reached a record $6.27 per gallon and gasoline $4.33, raising transportation costs.
Northeast households could see heating-oil bills surge as winter approaches amid higher energy prices.

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U.S. Treasury Yields Rise

U.S. Treasury yields rose above 5% on September 15, 2026, reaching 5.026% intraday.
The 30-year yield climbed to 5.368%, near its June 2007 high of 5.401%.
CME FedWatch shows a 92% chance the Federal Reserve will raise rates 0.25 points at its Sep 15-16 meeting.
Standard Chartered chief investment officer Jonathan Liang warned that high oil prices could push yields higher.

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Bessent Announces $6B Purchase

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced buying up to $6 billion of long-dated Treasuries in September.
Norway’s $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund proposed trimming U.S. Treasury holdings by nearly $80 billion.
UBS’s Phoebe White warned foreign official demand for U.S. Treasuries has become materially weaker.
The Treasury market now totals about $32 trillion, exceeding 100% of GDP, up from $4.5 trillion in 2007.

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Mortgage Rates Surge

Mortgage rates climbed to a 30-year fixed 6.76%, tightening home-buyer financing.
High rates have frozen the U.S. housing market for four years.
Auto-loan costs rose with Treasury yields, pressuring car shoppers facing high dealer prices.
Diesel reached a record $6.27 per gallon and gasoline $4.33, raising transportation costs.
Northeast households could see heating-oil bills surge as winter approaches amid higher energy prices.

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