U.S. Treasury yields inched higher on Wednesday as investors assessed the state of the U.S. economy amid a tame inflation report and a U.S.-China trade agreement.
The yield was up by less than 2.5 basis points at 4.524%, while the yield gained 3.4 basis points to 4.051%.
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Investor worries about the effects of tariffs on the U.S. economy were calmer on Wednesday after inflation came in lighter than expected on Tuesday, and showed that prices had not increased massively yet.
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SIGN UP The for April rose 2.3% on an annual basis, coming in below the 2.4% increase forecast by economists, according to Dow Jones. Meanwhile, core inflation — which excludes food and energy prices — came in at 2.8%, matching expectations.
The Federal Reserve warned of stagflation in its May meeting, owing to high tariffs implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump in April.
However, a series of positive developments including a on "reciprocal" tariffs for most countries, a and temporarily drop most levies have assuaged the threat of stagflation.
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Deutsche Bank analysts noted that the "broad impact" of tariffs was "muted" in the inflation data.
"Our US economists think the April data is still too early for the Liberation Day tariffs to show up in the aggregate numbers, and they don't expect the effects to show up in consumer prices until June," the analysts said in a note.
