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The hawk Fed Chair who broke the bond market?

Fortune5 min read

Kevin Warsh may be the most hawkish Fed chair since Paul Volcker. September's Treasury rout shows what that costs.

Kevin Warsh may be the most hawkish Federal Reserve chair since Paul Volcker. That’s a compliment in some circles. It’s also a warning. Volcker beat inflation, but he broke things on the way, and the bond market is now finding out what Warsh might break. Thirty-year Treasury yields have climbed to their highest level since 2002. In September alone, the 10-year yield jumped more than half a percentage point, to about 5.3%. It was the worst month for U.S. government bonds in four years. The usual explanations don’t hold up…

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