https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/short-term-treasuries-emerge-as-popular-bet-on-fed-inflation-winContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/short-term-treasuries-emerge-as-popular-bet-on-fed-inflation-winhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/short-term-treasuries-emerge-as-popular-bet-on-fed-inflation-win#u80537Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:56:06 +0000Investors are increasingly buying short-term Treasury bonds and intermediate bond funds as a bet that the Federal Reserve will successfully curb inflation. This shift occurs as the Fed initiates its interest rate hiking cycle. While short-dated Treasuries have rallied on rising rate bets, the two-year U.S. Treasury yield recently hit a new multi-year high. Overall Treasury yields have shown volatility, declining in response to lower oil prices, tumbling global borrowing costs, and improving risk sentiment.Why it mattersThe Federal Reserve uses rate hikes to combat inflation, which directly imp