THE Cash flow at 10 years The yield was little changed Tuesday as oil prices fell after President Donald Trump warned that Iran would be hit “Twenty times harder” if it tried to stop its shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
The 10-year Treasury yield fell more than a basis point to 4.115%. The 30-year Treasury note rose less than 1 basis point to 4.748%. THE Cash flow over 2 years the note yield fell more than 4 basis points to 3.551%.
One basis point is 0.01%, and yields and prices move in opposite directions.
“If Iran does anything to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, it will be hit by the United States of America twenty times harder than it has been hit so far,” Trump said. said in a post on Truth Social Monday in the United States.
Trump previously signaled that the conflict with Iran could soon end itcausing oil prices to fall 10% before paring losses. Oil prices, however, reduced their losses on Tuesday, hovering around $90 per barrel.
Tuesday will be “our most intense day of strikes in Iran” said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. He noted that “Iran is alone and it is losing badly.”
G7 energy ministers met on Tuesday to discuss a possible release of emergency oil reserves as a way to deal with supply disruptions triggered by the war in Iran. sources told CNBC. However, they have not made a decision.
The International Energy Agency, of which the G7 countries are members, will meet later Tuesday to discuss a possible release of oil stocks.
The talks come after finance ministers from the two countries met on Monday to consider tapping the strategic reserves, but no decision was made. Discussions between member states were “positive”, the sources said, adding that any coordinated release would likely follow the energy ministers’ meeting.
In a statement released Monday evening, International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol said he attended the G7 finance ministers’ meeting at the invitation of France to discuss the global economic outlook and the intensifying conflict in the Middle East.
“We discussed all available options, including making emergency oil stocks from the IEA available on the market,” Birol said.
IEA member countries hold more than 1.2 billion barrels of public emergency oil stocks, as well as an additional 600 million barrels of industrial stocks held under government obligation.
Birol added that he remains in close contact with energy ministers around the world, including those of Saudi Arabia, Brazil, India, Azerbaijan and Singapore.
Investors are also bracing for February inflation data due on Wednesday, followed by January’s personal consumption expenditures index and JOLTS job openings figures on Friday.
—Emma Graham of CNBC contributed to this report.
