Investors have been rattled by a rising U.S. bond yield. They should be more worried about Japan.

A soaring 30-year Treasury yield has grabbed the lion’s share of attention lately when it comes to signaling how the U.S. fiscal outlook is rattling investors. Yet there’s another less-talked-about factor weighing on sentiment that is coming from overseas: the tumultuous rise in the bond yields of Japan.

May 22, 2025 - 21:04
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Investors have been rattled by a rising U.S. bond yield. They should be more worried about Japan.
A soaring 30-year Treasury yield has grabbed the lion’s share of attention lately when it comes to signaling how the U.S. fiscal outlook is rattling investors. Yet there’s another less-talked-about factor weighing on sentiment that is coming from overseas: the tumultuous rise in the bond yields of Japan.