The bond rate has been consistently around or above 5%.
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Bulwark TakesAug 21, 2026
As of 2026-08-21 the 10-year Treasury yield was about 4.7%, and sources say it did not breach 5% until September 15, so 'consistently around or above 5%' is contradicted for the benchmark 10-year.
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… If people are nervous about buying that debt, then the interest rate has to be higher to entice them into it. Okay, what this is happening so, we've seen the bond rate be consistently around or above 5%, which is very high, and this is an attempt to lower that by taking some of those things out of the market in May. So, if you decrease the supply of them available by going out and buying them back, what you're doing, in theory, is trying to push down the interest rate on them, …
Bulwark Takes · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The AP report for August 21, 2026 puts the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.73%, and Greystone's August commentary gives a trading range of 4.63% to 4.75%.[1][2]
Contradicts. A later report says the September 15 move to 5.01% was the first time the 10-year breached 5% since 2023, so it was not consistently at or above 5% before then.[3]
Supports. The 30-year Treasury yield was about 5.24% at the end of August and touched 5.31% in 2026, levels consistent with 'around or above 5%' for the long bond.[4][5]
Context. The J.P. Morgan commentary notes the 10-year has spent under 10% of the time above 5% this century, underscoring that the 10-year was not consistently at 5%.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1US stocks rise, even as the bond market applies more pressureapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2US Treasuries Market Commentary August - Greystonegreystone.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3US stocks slip after oil prices and the bond market crank up the pressureidahopress.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4GW&K Taxable Bond Snapshotgwkinvest.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5KOREA CAPITAL MARKET INSTITUTEkcmi.re.kr · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Embrace today's bond market: Investing in a higher interest ...am.jpmorgan.com · not rated · cited for: context
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