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Prediction market traders doubt bond interventions will curb yields

Traders polled by CNBC expect yields to reach new highs in 2026 and remain above current levels by year end.

CNBC Markets reports that prediction market traders are skeptical that Treasury bond interventions led by Scott Bessent will materially push yields lower.

Across the market, speculators still expect yields to rise to new highs in 2026 and to finish the year at levels higher than where they are currently trading.

The outlet frames the outcome as less likely than proponents of the interventions would hope, based on how traders are positioning for the 2026 path of rates.

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