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Treasury yields, inflation compensation & US equities

The retreat in US Treasury yields over the past month or so seems at odds with the US economy’s fundamentals, and we doubt that it will be sustained. Our forecast that the 10-year yield will end 2021 well above its current level informs our view that US equities will fail to make further gains this year.

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