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U.S. Treasurys trading is drying up in today's session, making it difficult to lock in prices. That’s driving extreme moves, with the 2-year yield down half a point.

The markets for the world’s safest and most liquid assets, the government bonds issued by the U.S.

and other rich countries, are coming under immense stress on Wednesday following a week of worries aboutLiquidity, the capacity to trade quickly at quoted prices, has fallen sharply in two of the keystone markets, those for U.S. Treasurys and German bunds, traders said. Difficulties in trading are now spreading to many other markets, including those for derivatives that firms and traders use to lock in prices and hedge risks weeks and months ahead of time, such as options, futures and swaps.

 

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I assume that the Fed guys are smart enough to sell their Treasury Securities today in large amounts taking advantage of the high prices...

Did Yellen hand Zelensky the keys when she was over in Ukraine?

A lot of money chasing safe haven

US Treasurys trading drying up? Guess it's time to trade in my bonds for magic beans and ride the yield rollercoaster. 🎢 Who needs stable prices anyway? Stability is sooo overrated! 🙄 BondBungeeJump YieldYoyo

Perhaps Treasury should supply more bonds by raising the budget deficit?

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