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Banking Rule Revision Could Drive Down 10-Year Treasury Yields

By changing bank leverage requirements, financial institutions would have more capital to buy Treasurys.

By Erik Sherman | February 19, 2025 at 05:39 AM

President Donald Trump has been calling for lower interest rates from the Federal Reserve, but earlier this month he said that for the central to hold interest rates where they were in its last meeting “was the right thing to do.” Instead, his goal now was to lower yields on the 10-year Treasury, reportedly through indirect methods.

“In my talks with [the president], he and I are focused on the 10-year Treasury [yield],” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a recent television interview.

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