1 Mo 5.31   |   2 Mo 5.31   |   3 Mo 5.55   |   4 Mo 5.54   |   6 Mo 5.52   |   1 Yr 5.22   |   2 Yr 4.46   |   3 Yr 4.10   |   5 Yr 3.81   |   7 Yr 3.75   |   10 Yr 3.69   |   20 Yr 4.06   |   30 Years 3.90   |  

Market Updates

Weekly Economic Update: April 20th, 2020

• Bond yields decreased slightly last week with the two-year Treasury note falling by 2 basis points to 0.20% while the five-year note fell by 6 basis points to yield 0.36%.

• Retail sales and industrial production contracted over the month by 8.7% and 5.4% respectively, both of which register as the steepest monthly decline in more than 70 years.

• With the job market and consumer confidence ailing, the economy is forecasted to contract by levels not seen since the 1930’s

• With the lack of broad-based testing, therapeutic treatments, and a vaccine—reopening the economy is poised to be gradual process likely resulting in a slower, “U-shaped” recovery.

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