On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, television broadcast the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged after a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held in the chambers of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, USA.
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U.S. Treasury yields were little changed on Monday as investors looked forward to a key jobs report later in the week and monitored a fragile pause in hostilities between the United States and Iran.
6:43 a.m. ET, Benchmark 10 year treasury The yield rose less than 1 basis point to 4.378%. 2 years treasury The yield rose just over 1 basis point to 4.104%. on the other hand, 30 year bond The yield fell less than 1 basis point to 4.862%.
One basis point equals 0.01%, and yields and prices move in opposite directions.
Investors are looking forward to labor market data to be released during the shortened holiday week. Bond markets will be closed on Friday, July 3, ahead of Independence Day celebrations.
JOLTS job data for May, which tracks the number of jobs available in the U.S., is expected to be released Tuesday morning. The June nonfarm payrolls report, which shows the number of jobs the U.S. economy added last month, will also be released Thursday. Investors will closely analyze these reports to assess the health of the US economy.
Elsewhere, the United States and Iran agreed to suspend hostilities and allow merchant ships to freely pass through the Strait of Hormuz after last weekend’s military clashes threatened to derail negotiations to end the conflict.
A U.S. official told CNBC on Sunday that “technical discussions will continue on all areas covered in the memorandum.” “For the time being, both ships will be anchored and ships can navigate freely.”
Oil prices rose, with West Texas Intermediate futures up 0.5% to $69.59 per barrel and international Brent up 0.08% to $72 per barrel.
