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Trying to get a handle on bond yields. on page 139, first full paragraph starting with Bonds are also...
you mention that rising expectations of inflation or an actual increase in inflation outstrips the fixed income of bonds coupon payments, thereby reducing the value of the bonds and boosting the yield to maturity. How does this happen? do Bond traders sell bonds making yields rise?? I am not understanding how bond traders manipulate yields?
Second instance;
Page 141, paragraph starting with Sometimes, however, yield curves...
you mention, "at this stage, traders of 10- and 30-year treasury securities are certain the economy has reached bottom and begin to project higher inflation and interest rates in the distant future, THEREBY RAISING LONG-TERM YIELDS. (not yelling) How are they raising long term yields?