Although the shutdown of the federal government and the lack of agreement in Congress on extending the debt ceiling have pushed up the cost of insuring against a default by the US sovereign, this development has not had an adverse impact on longer-dated Treasuries so far (although it has affected very short-term Treasury bills). Indeed, the 10-year yield has slipped back to around 2.6% from 3% in early September.
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