Affected by the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts to effectively reduce the risk of recession, an indicator measuring the volatility of the US bond market is trending towards the biggest annual decline since the financial crisis. The ICE BofA MOVE index fell to about 59 last Friday, the lowest level since October 2024. The index fell all the way from around 99 at the end of 2024, and is expected to record one of the sharpest annual declines since data was recorded in 1988, second only to the sharp fall in 2009.

Zhitongcaijing · 1d ago
Affected by the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts to effectively reduce the risk of recession, an indicator measuring the volatility of the US bond market is trending towards the biggest annual decline since the financial crisis. The ICE BofA MOVE index fell to about 59 last Friday, the lowest level since October 2024. The index fell all the way from around 99 at the end of 2024, and is expected to record one of the sharpest annual declines since data was recorded in 1988, second only to the sharp fall in 2009.