Economics

Bond Traders on Yuan-Watch as Trade War Turns Data Into Old News

  • Trade tensions seen as bigger focus than U.S. inflation update
  • 10-year Treasury yields dropped to 1.59% amid haven demand
Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg
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The ever-escalating U.S.-China trade dispute has made top-tier U.S. economic prints all but obsolete as bond traders scramble to keep up with plummeting Treasury yields.