France's 10-Year Bond Yield Tops the U.S. for the First Time Since 2013
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 22, 2026.
Investors are now demanding more to lend to France than to the U.S. Treasury, a flip last seen in 2013 and a direct repricing of European sovereign risk that feeds into the euro and anything funded in it.
BREAKING: France's 10-year bond yield exceeds the U.S. 10-year for the first time since 2013 https://t.co/hsLQ045vYH
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French sovereign debt now yields more than U.S. Treasuries for the first time since 2013, a repricing of core eurozone risk that lifts the cost of capital for every borrower benchmarked to French rates. Keep an eye on the spread.
Bond markets are attaching greater uncertainty to French fiscal credibility than to American.
A sustained inversion tightens financial conditions across the continent for governments and borrowers alike.
The last comparable crossing came during the tail end of the eurozone debt crisis in 2013.