The steadfastness of the US government after a week of brutal sale

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US government debts rose on Monday as investors collected treasury bonds in the wake of a defeat last week, driven by concerns about President Donald Trump’s tariff.

The Treasury returns decreased for 10 years, which sets government borrowing costs and confirms the prices of financial assets around the world, 0.11 percentage points on Monday to 4.38 percent. This puts 10 years on the right track to register its first day of the declines in the return, which has been inversely transmitted to the price, since April 4.

A step on Monday came after the White House was temporarily excluded smartphones and other consumer electronics from the sharp “mutual” definitions that I presented earlier this month.

Trump I had already stopped most of the mutual duties shortly after it entered into force last week, but it strengthened the fees on China in a decision that increases concerns about American technology companies, which are severely exposed to the country.

“While the uncertainty about Trump’s tariff has not yet ended, we believe that a temporary stop (on the main technical products) indicates sensitivity to stress in the market from management,” said UBS Global Wealth Manegement, chief investment official at UBS Global Wealth Manegement.

The return of the Treasury Ministry increased for 10 years by 0.5 percentage points last week in the largest weekly increase since 2001. The volume of sales in the treasury, which is usually considered one of the world’s leading havens, has fears that investors avoid American assets in general.

Some investors said that pressure on the debts of the US government has created a good entry point, as the revenues were now much more than it was a week ago. At the same time, the cabinet tends to gather when economic growth stumbles, which is what the Wall Street banks see as a possibility.

“The government bonds seem very attractive here. This has started to create attractive opportunities for long -term investors. If you expect more growth to decrease, the return may be much less than moving forward,” said Mohit Mittal, chief investment official in Bond Pimco strategies.

Metal added that even as mutual definitions stop and technology sculpting, Trump “created an environment of extreme uncertainty.”

He said: “Until we get more certainty, companies and consumers will continue to act with caution. This brings us closer to stagnation in 2025. This is the basic story of the bond market.”

Scott betThe US Treasury Secretary said in a television interview on Monday that there is no evidence of a large foreign foreign sale to the United States Treasury last week.

This was supported by the federal reserve nursery data in New York, which showed that treasury possessions in the official sector rose modestly a week until April 9, and Megan Sweiber, an American prices strategy at Bank of America.

Investors in the US stock market also continued to buy shares after the last recession withdrew the market away from the highest levels.

The S& P 500 Blue Chip index increased by 0.8 percent on Monday, reducing its losses from 2025 to 8.1 percent. The Nasdaq Technology compound rose 0.6 percent on Monday.