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How High is Too High for Rising Government Bond Yields?
Published on February 27, 2021
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The two day rise in the gold price of more than US$50 fizzled out on Tuesday. The gold price is down about 7% (in US dollar terms) since its year-to-date high set on January 6. It is also down 13% from its all-time high set in August 2020. The silver price, boosted by social media attention, did not set its year-to-date high until February 1. Since then the silver price has slid about 5% from that high. Chairman Powell testified to Congress on Tuesday stating that the Fed plans to stay its course of keeping the Fed funds rate low. It is also continuing its asset purchase. This did little to inspire a further rise in the gold or silver price. But what about rising government bond yields?
Interpreting the Fed Chairman
The increase in inflation expectations, evidenced by the increase in longer dated US Treasury yields, caused scrutiny of Powell’s every word. Commentators searched for signs the Fed is changing its stance to one of tighter policy in order to ward off inflation taking hold. But Chair Powell stated in his prepared remarks that:
We note one other passage in Chair Powell’s prepared remarks that is key to determining when the Fed might change its stance towards tighter policy:
It’s Not About Inflation Anymore?
When Chair Powell’s testimony this week is combined with the minutes from the Fed’s January meeting (released last week), where ‘inflation’ was mentioned approximately 65 times but not in the context that inflation was worrisome or too high, the message we hear conveyed by the Fed is that it is not worried about inflation. In fact, the Fed wants higher inflation. The Fed’s ‘stable price’ mandate was put in place in 1977. However, the explicit 2% inflation target, as measured by the personal-consumption expenditures price index (an inflation gauge released by the US Commerce Department), has averaged only 1.3% since it was established in 2012.
Rising Government Bond Yields
The question that now arises: How high is too high for rising government bond yields?
This question is especially relevant given the fact that government debt is at or near record high levels. Also many governments, including the US, are working on even more spending packages. These packages will are to both support household income levels and large infrastructure upgrades.
US 10 -Year Treasury Yield
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Three examples of yield curve control that were discussed at the Fed’s June 9-10, 2020 meeting are:
Yield Curve Control v. Quantitative Easing
Yield curve control is different from the current quantitative easing program. Under quantitative easing the Fed announces a set amount of Treasury purchases over a specified time frame. The Fed’s current quantitative easing policy is to purchase at least US$80 billion in Treasury securities per month. It will also purchase at least US$40 billion in agency mortgage‑backed securities per month. Under the current plan interest rates may accordingly still rise in response to market forces. Under yield curve control interest rates will not rise beyond the cap set by the Fed. This would leave the amount of Treasury purchases for the Fed open-ended. The Brookings Institution explains that:
In other words, a yield curve control strategy extends the standard policy for targeting the federal funds rate to the 1, 3 & 5-year, and/or 10-year time-frame. Yield curve control is accordingly not a “new” strategy; the Fed is simply extending its interest rate caps, currently limited to only the federal funds rate, further out on the Treasury maturity spectrum.
The Key Advantages of Yield Curve Control
The advantage of yield curve control for governments is that inflation will rise faster than government borrowing costs. This gives governments even more room to increase spending, without having to worry about how to finance the increased spending. This also puts a cap on many any other forms of debt that are tied to government bond yields.
Speaking of rising government debt levels…
The Institute of International Finance updated Global Debt Monitor was released last week. It showed that governments added $12 trillion in government debt in 2020. It also showed that they are expected to add another $10 trillion this year.
Bottom line is that the Fed and other central banks are commitment to very accommodative monetary policy. This and the growing debt levels are long-term bullish factors for gold and silver prices.

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