US 10-Year Auction Clears at 4.683% as Asia Braces for Treasury Shock
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Updated · Asia Times · Aug 14
US 10-Year Auction Clears at 4.683% as Asia Braces for Treasury Shock
3 articles · Updated · Asia Times · Aug 14
Summary
$42 billion of 10-year Treasuries cleared at 4.683%, the highest since 2007, underscoring how much more investors now demand to fund US borrowing.
Debt nearing $40 trillion, sticky inflation, the Iran war and Trump’s pressure on Fed independence are all adding to unease around long-duration US debt.
Asia is already absorbing the strain: Indonesia’s rupiah and India’s rupee are down 7.2% and 6.2% this year as capital flows into dollar assets and local financial conditions tighten.
Japan and China — the two biggest foreign Treasury holders, with about $1.2 trillion and $659 billion — face growing questions over how much more US debt they are willing to absorb.
The risk is a broader replay of past yield shocks in 1997 and 2013, with policymakers from Tokyo to Jakarta confronting weaker currencies, imported inflation and pressure to raise rates.