Treasuries See 2024 Gains Dwindle With December Fed Cut at Risk

  • Bloomberg index is up 0.7% this year after two-month slump
  • Some buyers emerged Friday as yields touched highest since May

Ten-year yields reached their peak last week on Friday after a solid report on retail sales.

Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg
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A two-month slump has all but wiped out the US Treasury market’s gains for the year, as traders brace for Donald Trump’s return and also the chance of slower interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.

A Bloomberg index of Treasury returns has seen its 2024 advance shrink to about 0.7% from a peak of 4.6% on Sept. 17, the day before the Fed reduced borrowing costs for the first time since 2020.