“There are tougher liquidity rules that are being put into effect,” Paul Miller, a banking analyst at FBR Capital Markets Corp., said in the article. “These are safe, riskless bets.”
Moreover, debt investors have picked up Treasuries this year as labor-markets remain relatively weak and consumer spending hovers below the Federal Reserve’s target. Escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine have also bolstered demand for safe-haven assets like Treasuries.
The rising demand for Treasuries has helped push down yields, with benchmark 10-year Treasury yields down to 2.68% from a high of 3.05% in January. [Global Tensions, Faltering U.S. Stocks Boost Safe-Haven Treasury ETFs]
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Max Chen contributed to this article.