10-year US Treasury yields dropped sharply in May. The principal catalyst for the decline was a further revision to expectations for short-term interest rates. Admittedly, investors now see little conventional monetary tightening on the horizon. But we expect the overnight rate to still be between 0% and 0.25% come the end of 2012, suggesting the rally has further to go.
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