US Treasury yields decline amid data and Fed remarks — CNBC

US Treasury yields declined on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, as investors awaited fresh data on the state of the US economy and speeches by Federal Reserve officials. As CNBC reports, shortly after 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time, the yield on benchmark 10-year US Treasury notes fell by 2 basis points to 4.943%.

Yield movements

The yield on two-year Treasury notes declined by 1 basis point to 4.741%. The yield on 30-year Treasury securities also fell by 2 basis points to 5.272%.

One basis point equals 0.01 percentage points. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Market participants were awaiting ADP's weekly employment figures, scheduled for release at 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time.

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Scheduled Fed speeches

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson was due to speak on September 22 at a Treasury market conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. His remarks were scheduled to begin at 10:20 a.m. Eastern Time.

The following day, Federal Reserve Board Governor Michael Barr was due to speak at a housing affordability summit in Chicago.

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee, speaking in London, said he was particularly watching elevated inflation in services. He also pointed to the possibility that construction of artificial intelligence data centers could extend beyond the sector itself and raise aggregate output above the level the economy can absorb.

Goolsbee added that forecasts for inflation to peak and then decline had repeatedly been pushed back: from the fourth quarter of 2025 to an estimated timeframe in 2027.