Federal Reserve Governor Waller sends signal of support for staying put, bond market 'breathed a sigh of relief' According to Golden Finance, on September 3rd, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller stated that as long as inflation continues to slow down, he will be inclined to keep interest rates unchanged. As a result, US treasury bond bonds rose. Thursday's uptrend pushed down the yields of various term US Treasury bonds by 3 to 5 basis points, with the two-year Treasury bond, which is more sensitive to changes in Federal Reserve interest rates, leading the way higher. Due to market expectations that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates this month, the two-year yield briefly exceeded 4.40% this week, marking the first time since January 2025; After Waller's speech, the yield dropped by 7 basis points to 4.30%. The US dollar fell by 0.5% at one point and weakened against all other G-10 currencies. Tom di Galoma, managing director of Mischler Financial Group, said that Waller's comments made the US treasury bond market "breathe a sigh of relief". He said, "It seems that he still belongs to the camp that advocates keeping interest rates unchanged until more inflation indicators are released