Rubbish Check
Daily Mail Money · 23 September 2026
source“US bond yields soar most since Trump’s tariff shock amid fears of Fed is set for another rate hike”
R2/ 10
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In short
Rubbish Talk rates Daily Mail Money's claim that US bond yields "soared most since Trump's tariff shock" a 2/10 because the 10-year Treasury yield's jump to 5.13% was independently confirmed as its sharpest one-day move since the April 2025 tariff turmoil, and the "another rate hike" fear reflects a real, elevated market probability.
The Verdict
Lightly altered. The two load-bearing claims in the headline, the scale of the yield spike and the rate-hike fear, both check out against independent market reporting; the only quibble is a headline compressed to the point of clunky grammar, not one that misleads.
What actually happened
The 10-year US Treasury yield spiked to its highest level since 2007 on 23 September 2026, driven by stronger-than-expected US business activity data, hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve governor, weak demand at a Treasury auction, and elevated oil prices. The move was the benchmark yield's largest single-day jump since the market turmoil that followed Trump's April 2025 tariff announcement.
Key facts
- 10-year Treasury yield hit as high as 5.13% intraday, its highest since July 2007.
- The one-day move was confirmed by NBC News as its sharpest since 9 April 2025, in the immediate aftermath of Trump's tariffs.
- CNBC separately clocked it as the biggest one-day move in nearly 18 months, with the yield popping over 13 basis points to 5.104%.
- 30-year Treasury yield touched 5.37%, also a post-2007 high.
- Fed funds futures priced an October rate hike at roughly 70-73% probability that day, up sharply from earlier levels, after Fed Governor Michael Barr signalled more hikes were needed.
- The Fed had already delivered a hike earlier in September, so an October move would be an additional, not first, hike.
What to watch for
- Whether the yield spike holds or fades once the immediate PMI/oil-price catalysts pass; strategists flagged that duration above 5% matters more than the peak print itself.
- The 28 October FOMC decision, which will confirm or deflate the "another hike" framing.
- Follow-through into mortgage rates, already pushed to their highest since January 2025.
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