Treasury Curve Signals Disappointment With Bullard’s Message

  • Bullard sends one-and-done view market didn’t like: Farren
  • 2s10s yield spread has flattest close since last year

James Bullard

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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard flashed a signal on the prospect of future rate cuts that one part of the Treasuries market apparently didn’t like.

A voter on the Federal Open Market Committee this year, Bullard said he likedBloomberg Terminal Chairman Jerome Powell’s comparison of the July 31 quarter-point rate cut to a midcycle adjustment. As Bullard went on to say that he’s not seeing yield-curve inversion intensifying so far, one widely followed segment flattened further.