US government debt sells off as hedge funds cut down on risk

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US government debt sold off sharply on Monday as hedge funds cut back on risk in their strategies and investors continued shifting into cash during a third day of acute tumult on Wall Street.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield jumped 0.19 percentage points on Monday to 4.18 per cent, the biggest daily rise since September 2022, according to Bloomberg data. The…