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title: US Bond Selloff Drives 30-Year Yields to Highest Since
description: "Treasuries (close 2026-08-14): 2s 4.17% (+2.0bp), 10s 4.68% (+5.0bp), 30s 5.25% (+4.0bp). Tape (close 2026-08-14): VIX 14.25, 2s10s +51bp."
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              17 Aug 2026, 21:05 UTC



# US Bond Selloff Drives 30-Year Yields to Highest Since 2007, 10s +5bp · desk brief, Mon 17 Aug 2026



            Treasuries (close 2026-08-14): 2s 4.17% (+2.0bp), 10s 4.68% (+5.0bp), 30s 5.25% (+4.0bp).

Tape (close 2026-08-14): VIX 14.25, 2s10s +51bp.

What mattered:

• US Bond Selloff Drives 30-Year Yields to Highest Since 2007

• US Bond Selloff Drives 30-Year Yields to 2007 High

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