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Two-Year U.S. Treasury Yield Reaches New Multi-Year High

The two-year yield touched 4.744%, its highest intraday yield since July 2024, as markets grew more confident the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates to fight inflation.

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Stocks Decline as Treasury Yields Rise

Rising bond yields dampened stock indexes, which were mostly in the red.

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New Report on SVB Collapse Pins Blame on Fed's Own Regulators, Fed Official Says

The report, commissioned by Trump ally Michelle Bowman, blamed bank-supervision staff in the Biden era.

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Oil Retreat Slows on Saudi Supply Concerns

Oil futures extended declines to a third consecutive session Friday, with market concerns about Saudi Arabia supply disruptions tempered by expectations that some flows could soon be restored through the kingdom's damaged East-West Pipeline.

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U.S. Leading Indicators Ticked Down in August

The Conference Board's Leading Economic Index fell by 0.1% to 99.5 as consumer expectations remained a significant strain.

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Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: U.S. PMI Data, Various Central Bank Decisions in Focus

Provisional purchasing managers' surveys measuring activity in the U.S. manufacturing and services sectors during September are due on Wednesday.

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Trump to Announce Medicaid Drug Pricing After Pharma Deals

Drug companies had incentives to participate in the deals to stave off the threat of U.S. tariffs on their products.

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U.S. Industrial Production Unchanged in August

Production held flat last month after rising in July and June. Analysts polled by The Wall Street Journal expected a 0.3% increase.

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Bank of Japan Raises Rates, Making U.S. Less Alluring for Tokyo Investors

The yen weakened as two members of the bank's board suggested future rate rises might come more slowly than anticipated.

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Failure of Clarity Act Turns Crypto Industry Focus to Federal Regulators

EXCLUSIVE: The act's failure to progress leaves regulation of the cryptocurrency industry in the hands of government agencies and vulnerable to interpretation as administrations change, analysts said.

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The U.S. and China Want AI Guardrails. But Their Ideas Couldn't Be More Different.

American dialogue has centered on protecting humanity from the technology, while Beijing is chiefly concerned with safeguarding the Communist Party.

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How Warsh Raised Rates Without Drawing Trump's Ire

The new Fed chairman's close relationship with the president gave him room to move without prompting a White House backlash.

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U.K. Retail Sales Climbed Despite Inflation Pickup

Retail sales rebounded in August, helped by online sales, as consumers shrugged off recently rising inflation.

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Weeks Before the Midterms, Almost Everything Is Getting More Expensive

The price of eating out, filling a gas tank and buying a house keeps rising. The Fed raised rates to try to tamp down inflation, but that will make borrowing more expensive too.

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The Markets See Rates Going Higher Than the Fed Does. Is Stagflation Ahead?

Fed-funds futures and the two-year-Treasury note have proved to be trusty guides on rates.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 18, 2026 15:15 ET (19:15 GMT)