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Karen Brettell

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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · By Karen Brettell, Chuck Mikolajczak, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss

    Five spots to watch as the bond market sails past 5% (opens the original)

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    By Karen Brettell, Chuck Mikolajczak, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The US bond selloff that started with the war with Iran has pushed the 10-year Treasury yield above 5%, a level it hasn't held for long in almost two decades. What happens now? Some analysts say stocks and other markets could take a hit because of higher borrowing ‌costs for consumers and businesses. But it's not necessarily that simple. The capital spending spree driven by the ri

  2. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · By Karen Brettell

    Dollar bounces on job gains, then pares ahead of CPI (opens the original)

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    NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The dollar jumped on Friday after data showed that U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, well above the 56,000 additions expected by economists, boosting bets on a September Federal Reserve ‌interest rate hike. The dollar gave up some of its early gains, however, as U.S. markets head into a three-day ‌holiday weekend and as traders waited on next week's inflation data. Labor Day on Monday is a U.S. public holiday. August's job gains followed an unexpected 23,0

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · By Karen Brettell

    The history of financing America, in six crisis episodes (opens the original)

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    Sept 2 (Reuters) - Concerns over America's fiscal outlook are mounting. Long-dated Treasury yields are at their highest levels since 2007, while the national debt has surpassed $40 trillion. It is not the first time Washington has faced an imposing financing challenge. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. can grow out of the debt. But history suggests ‌that when the Treasury cannot rely on the usual mix of investors, instruments and market conditions, it has also created new methods to

  4. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · By Karen Brettell and Medha Singh

    Dollar gains as oil, rising bond yields stoke inflation fears (opens the original)

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    Sept 1 (Reuters) - The dollar strengthened on Tuesday as renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities sent oil prices higher, fuelling inflation worries and sparking a global bond selloff. The U.S. launched new air strikes on Iranian ‌targets on Tuesday, pushing oil prices up over 4%. [O/R] The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of ‌currencies including the yen and the euro, rose 0.27% to 99.68, with the euro down 0.23% at $1.1589. The 10-year Japanese government bond yield touched 3%

  5. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · By Karen Brettell

    Dollar slips, with traders already eyeing Friday jobs data (opens the original)

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    NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The dollar edged lower on Monday in a relatively subdued session, as the futures market raised odds on a September interest-rate hike following last week's hawkish remarks from ‌Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh. The market is already gearing up for key U.S. jobs data due later this ‌week following Warsh's commentary. The July jobs release showed an unexpected drop in hiring, reducing expectations that the Fed would raise rates. Friday's report on August ​hiring i

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