Xi arrives in D.C., Treasury yields hit multiyear highs, McDonald's growth plan and more in Morning Squawk
- ID
- 28101
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026, 9:00 PM
- Fetched
- 24 Sep 2026, 9:25 PM
- Provider
- CNBC Technology
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/24/5-things-to-know-before-the-stock-market-opens.html
- Source URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/id/19854910/device/rss/rss.html
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 24 Sep 2026, 9:26 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- saas_founders
What happened
CNBC's Sept 24, 2026 Morning Squawk reports Treasury yields hitting multiyear highs after S&P Global posted its strongest flash manufacturing and services gauges in more than four years, fueling fears of another Fed rate hike. The 10-year yield logged its biggest one-day gain in almost 18 months and reached levels not seen in 19 years; the 30-year hit its highest since 2004 and the 2-year its highest since 2023. The S&P 500 had its worst day in over a month and the Nasdaq fell more than 1%; separately, Lowe's said it is launching drone delivery with DoorDash and Alphabet's Wing.
Why it matters
This is a macro-markets roundup with no AI, developer-tooling, or Malaysian content, so there is no concrete action for a builder audience to take from it beyond noting that rate-hike expectations moved yields sharply in one session — which affects the cost of capital environment any startup raising or renewing debt cares about. Nothing here changes what you ship, and there are no Malaysia-specific or SEA details in the text.
Discussion angle
Worth 60 seconds at most: if US yields keep climbing on hot PMI prints, does that change anything about the funding or runway assumptions in your own roadmap — or is this just noise for a Malaysian builder audience?