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#美国30年期国债收益率2002年以来新高


#US30-YearTreasuryYieldHits5.595%,HighestSince2002

THE 30-YEAR TREASURY JUST SENT A BIG WARNING TO EVERY RISK MARKET

The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield has just delivered one of the most dramatic reversals of the year.

After climbing to 5.683%, its highest level in roughly 24 years, the long-end of the Treasury curve suddenly turned lower following a much weaker-than-expected September jobs report.

That move matters far beyond the bond market.

For me, the most important part of this story is not simply that yields reached a multi-decade high. It is how quickly the market changed direction once the economic data challenged the “higher for longer” narrative.

Before the reversal, the global bond market was under serious pressure.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield reached 5.342%, while the 30-year yield touched 5.683%. At the same time, Germany’s 10-year Bund climbed to 3.653%, its highest level since mid-2009, while France’s OAT-Bund spread widened to a 14-year extreme.

The message from global fixed income was clear:

Inflation remained sticky.

Central banks were still sounding cautious.

Economic growth expectations were keeping rates elevated.

And investors were increasingly accepting the idea that borrowing costs could remain high for much longer.

Barclays even warned that the U.S. 30-year yield could eventually approach 6% if AI-driven productivity improvements continued supporting economic growth and pushed long-term rate expectations higher.

Then the jobs report changed the conversation.

The U.S. economy added only 29,000 jobs in September, dramatically below the 84,000 expected.

At the same time, unemployment increased to 4.2%.

That was enough to trigger a sharp repricing across the Treasury market.

The 10-year yield dropped nearly 6 basis points to 5.18%.

The 30-year yield declined around 3 basis points to 5.57%.

The 2-year yield, which is much more sensitive to expectations for Federal Reserve policy, fell approximately 6 basis points to 4.73%.

Markets also moved quickly on the Fed outlook, with roughly 84% odds now assigned to the Fed holding rates steady at the October meeting.

This is where I think the bigger story begins.

The long-term Treasury yield is effectively one of the most important discount rates in global finance. When it rises sharply, financial conditions become tighter for almost everything.

Stocks face higher valuation pressure.

Mortgages become more expensive.

The dollar can receive support.

Corporate borrowing costs increase.

And crypto and other high-beta assets can struggle because the opportunity cost of holding risk rises.

But this latest reversal demonstrates something equally important: the higher-for-longer trade is not invincible.

The market pushed the 30-year yield toward 5.7%, but one significantly weaker labor-market reading was enough to produce a meaningful reversal.

That tells me the next phase could become much more volatile.

If inflation remains stubborn and growth stays resilient, the 6% long-term yield scenario could return quickly.

But if employment continues weakening, the recent 5.683% peak could become an important cycle high.

For risk assets, I would watch three things closely from here:

U.S. CPI.

The October Fed decision.

The next major labor-market reports.

The battle is no longer simply between “high rates” and “rate cuts.”

It is now a battle between persistent inflation and weakening economic growth.

And whichever side wins will likely determine whether the 30-year Treasury yield moves back toward 6% or begins a much deeper decline from the 5.5%–5.7% zone.

In my view, this is one of the most important macro signals for stocks, crypto, and global markets right now.

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