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title: Government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs, 10s +4bp
description: "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."
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DAILY BRIEF
              18 Aug 2026, 21:05 UTC



# 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.

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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






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