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Looser fiscal policy spells more trouble for Treasuries

The deal done in Congress at the beginning of this month will potentially result in even larger federal budget deficits than those seen during Ronald Reagan’s time as president. This is a key reason why we have decided to revise up our end-2019 forecast for the 10-year Treasury yield, to 3.5% from 3.0%.

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