PE45: What happens when bond yields go UP?

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This is the forty-fifth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast.

Contents

00:00 Intro

01:22 Bond price and yield are inversely related

00:50 How important is the bond market?

01:59 10-yr note price sensitivity per 1% YTM change

07:10 Other duration bond price sensitivity

09:18 What happens when yields fall? Happy days...

13:00 What happens when yields don't change?

13:51 What happens when yields rise? Pain...

19:16 What is different now, compared with 30 years ago?

Here we look at the main reason why banks are struggling today, and in general: The prices of government bonds have fallen drastically in the last year, as bond yields (or interest rates) have risen. This is the main reason why banks like SVB and others are failing. We continue on with last video's theme, but this time we take a look at bond durations above and below 10 years, from 1 year bills, to 50 year bonds (which exist in some countries, though not the US).

Remember, the price/value of bonds moves in the opposite direction of their yields/rates!

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