Government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs, 10s +4bp · desk brief, Tue 18 Aug 2026
Treasuries (close 2026-08-17): 2s 4.19% (+2.0bp), 10s 4.72% (+4.0bp), 30s 5.31% (+6.0bp).
Tape (close 2026-08-17): VIX 15.19, 2s10s +53bp.
Narrative: Trump Threatens Oman, Rejects Iran Truce Extension | Daybreak Europe 8/18/2026
What mattered:
• Government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs
• Long-Term Debt Costs Soar to Highest in Decades as Bonds Slump
• Bond Rout Sends Long-Term Borrowing Costs to Highest in Decades
• GB: Employment Change (3M): 83K
• 30-year Treasury yield tops 5.33%, new 19-year high, on inflation and spending concerns
- API Weekly Crude Oil Stock: -0.33M
- Atlanta Fed GDPNow: Q3 growth tracking 4.0% (was 4.3%)
- 6-Week Bill auction — IN LINE
- Cleveland Fed inflation nowcast: Q3 CPI 1.2% · core CPI 1.9% · PCE 2.3% · core PCE 2.9%
- Pending Home Sales (YoY): -2.2
- Pending Home Sales (MoM): -2.3
- Capacity Utilization: 76.3
- Redbook Index (YoY): 7.6
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