Speculators increase short positions on five-year Treasury futures: CFTC data

The annual return an investor earns on a bond, which moves in the opposite direction to the bond's price.

Rising yields mean higher borrowing costs for governments, companies and home buyers.

The price of borrowing money, expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed. A central bank sets a benchmark rate that other rates follow.

It decides how much people pay on loans and mortgages and how much savers earn, and it is the main tool for fighting inflation.

A digital currency secured by cryptography and recorded on a blockchain, without a central bank issuing it.

Crypto prices are volatile, and governments are still deciding how to regulate it.