Quote from Scataphagos:
Difficult to think one can know anything about rates when the Fed and Government are intervening virtually daily.
Big Picture... rates go up at some point due to excessive money printing/inflation all around the world. However, this economically phony "money pump" will likely lead to another financial crisis within a few years. Then money will likely seek the refuge of $USD, if only temporarily, and perhaps drive long treasury yields to record lows...
All quite a crap shoot. Best to trade technically without the notion that "you believe you understand"..