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Does the 30-year US Treasury par yield close below 5.00 per cent on or before 11 September 2026?

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Resolved: NO

The lowest 30-year close between publication on 19 August and 11 September 2026 was 5.17 per cent on 25 August (Treasury Daily Par Yield Curve); the rate never reached 5.00.

Resolved 11 Sep 2026
How this resolves

The market resolves on the same Daily Par Yield Curve; YES if the 30-year rate for any trading date up to and including 11 September 2026 is below 5.00 per cent, checked at 23:59 ET on 11 September 2026. Baseline at publication: the 30-year stood at 5.19 per cent on 19 August, more than 15 basis points above the 5.00 per cent line. If that source has not published in time, Reuters and the Financial Times settle it.

The pattern behind it

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Three of the last five major bond routs since 1994 were capped by the intervention, and in each the fix altered real supply or demand: unlimited Fed purchases in 2020, the Bank of England's £65bn gilt operation in 2022, the Treasury's issuance shift in November 2023. Reassurance and half-measures, as in 1994 and 2013, let yields climb for months. The window and the full record are the same five cases, because routs of this size are rare. A doubled buyback recycles existing debt rather than cutting issuance, which places 19 August closer to the two failures than to the three that worked, and the relief faded within a day.

We looked at every major government bond sell-off since 1994 in which a central bank or a finance ministry stepped in while yields were still climbing, as on 19 August. We asked one question: did yields stay below their high from before the rescue for the next ten trading days? Five cases fit, and all five are shown. The rescues that worked changed how many bonds were really bought or sold.