Long-Term TIPS Gain Appeal As Real Yields Hit Multi-Decade Highs

Inflation has remained above the Federals reserve's 2% target for 65 consecutive months, while real yields on long duration Treasury Inflation Protected Securities have climbed to their highest level since the securities were introduced 16 years ago. That combination has created a rate environment in which long-term TIPS offer historically high inflation-adjusted income as well as the potential for sizable price gains if real yields revert toward long-term averages.

Forbes • Aug 24, 2026

Global Bond Yields Fall on Declining Oil, Prospects of Further Treasury Steps to Tackle Recent Highs

A slight decline in global bond yields was helped by lower oil prices, with some investors anticipating that further measures from the U.S. Treasury were possible.

WSJ • Aug 24, 2026

US treasury doubles debt buyback to steady bond market amid inflation fears

Yields, at recent highs this week, dropped after treasury's vow to ‘provide greater liquidity support' to bond market

The Guardian • Aug 19, 2026

Treasury yields up as oil prices jump and investors await inflation data

U.S. Treasury yields edged higher Tuesday as investors await July's inflation data print amid ongoing Iran tensions.

CNBC • Aug 11, 2026

US Yen Intervention Is a Band-Aid Fix for Bonds: Levin

Bloomberg Opinion's Jonathan Levin joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Real Yield." For the first time in 15 years the US joined Japan in a yen intervention to support the yen and avoid forced selling of Treasury securities.

Bloomberg Markets and Finance • Aug 6, 2026

Here's What Markets Are Now Saying About Fed Rate Hikes This Year

Inflation moderated in June, but it was almost completely due to falling energy prices. Energy prices have begun to soar again with the end of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire.

The Motley Fool • Jul 27, 2026

The Bond Market Has a Clear Warning for Investors as Iran War Rages On

Wall Street is eyeing the bond market's long summer slump as oil price soar and debt levels escalate.

Barrons • Jul 23, 2026

Iran Conflict Reorders The Bond Market's Hierarchy Of Havens

The Iran war has scrambled the old map of safety, leaving bond investors rethinking which havens still deserve the name. Perhaps the most surprising trend since the conflict began: bank loans have outperformed the rest of the field by a wide margin, based on a set of ETFs through yesterday's close (July 8).

Seeking Alpha • Jul 9, 2026

Bond ETF flows surge in hunt for yield: 'Market sniffing out something here,' says BlackRock exec

Bond ETF inflows are running 60% ahead of last year's level, which was itself a record pace, a rise that a BlackRock executive described as "shocking" to CNBC. Elevated stock market volatility, a new Fed chair, and ongoing inflation fears are all part of the picture as investors in the market hunt for maximum "real yield.

CNBC • Jun 25, 2026

US bond market expects rate hikes the Fed may never deliver

The U.S. Federal Reserve is becoming tougher for Wall Street to forecast, with dramatically different views ​on where monetary policy is headed.

Reuters • Jun 25, 2026