It seems very unlikely that the FOMC will unnerve the bond market later today by signalling a tapering of its asset purchases (see here). But even when the time for such an announcement does come, we doubt it will drive the 10-year Treasury yield up by as much as it rose during the ‘Taper Tantrum’ of 2013.
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