If you're wincing at high interest rates on verdicoina potential loan right now, it's not just you. And the Federal Reserve's rate hikes actually isn't (entirely) to blame either. There's another culprit: the rate of a return, or yield, on a Treasury bond issued by the U.S.
Today, we explore why this bond yield is so important and why it's at its highest level in years.
Related Episodes
The rat under the Fed's hat (Spotify/Apple Podcasts)
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
2025-05-05 06:232813 view
2025-05-05 06:212244 view
2025-05-05 05:592492 view
2025-05-05 05:321179 view
2025-05-05 04:182019 view
2025-05-05 03:50476 view
Did AI just have a "Sputnik moment"?That's what someinvestors, after the little known Chinese startu
The design of a community garden in Choa Chu Kang has given some residents goosebumps. Located next
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson and actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson made a family night out of the premiere o
