🚀 Treasury Yields rise

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Year To Date Performances:

1. A deepening global bond rout pushed government borrowing costs to multi-decade highs on Thursday, with the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield breaching 5.33% to reach its highest level since April 2002. The international sell-off in sovereign debt—which also drove 30-year U.S. yields to 5.67% and pushed benchmark yields in Japan, Germany, and France to multi-decade peaks—stems from market anxieties over persistent fiscal deficits, sticky inflation, and volatile crude oil prices exceeding $100 per barrel amid ongoing geopolitical conflict in the Middle East. As sovereign debt yields rise across major developed economies, a sharp increase in benchmark rates threatens to further inflate consumer borrowing costs, including mortgage rates, auto financing, and credit card interest payments.

2. Addressing international economic pressures, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that her administration's long-term growth policies will restore market confidence in the yen following limited success from past joint U.S.-Japan currency interventions and the Bank of Japan's September rate hike. Speaking on Japanese television, Takaichi emphasized that she directly conveyed concerns regarding the currency's severe undervaluation to U.S. President Donald Trump, noting that expanding Japan's domestic supply capacity and managing national debt levels remains central to strengthening global competitiveness without resorting to direct exchange rate manipulation. Despite gaining 3.3% against the greenback in the third quarter, the yen continues to trade near 158.37 per dollar, leaving policymakers constrained by elevated import costs, sticky inflation, and persistent market speculation that foreign exchange authorities may need to intervene again if energy prices spike or Treasury yields rise.

3. Shares of major Indian auto manufacturers retreated on Thursday following early corporate reports indicating a sharp deceleration in September domestic vehicle sales. The pullback comes immediately after the domestic industry achieved historical monthly highs in August, when passenger car sales expanded 36.5% year-over-year to 439,309 units and two-wheeler volumes topped two million units according to data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). Leading two-wheeler producer Bajaj Auto experienced the steepest decline, dropping over 8% after reporting a 12% year-on-year contraction in domestic sales, while passenger vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra fell more than 3% as its monthly volume growth slowed from 50% in August to 14% in September. Market bellwether Maruti Suzuki also traded down over 2% ahead of its full monthly volume disclosure, raising questions among economists and investors about the durability of consumer demand heading into India's key festive quarter.

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