Benchmark 10-year yields fell on Friday following the release of disappointing GDP data for the last quarter of 2014. The Commerce Department said that Gross Domestic Product in the final quarter of 2014 was 2.2%, unchanged from previous estimates … [Read more...]

Treasuries came under selling pressure Thursday after this mornings upbeat jobless data was followed by weak demand at this afternoons 7-year bond auction. At 3:00 p.m. benchmark 10-year yields were at 1.9862%, up from 1.9765% earlier. Yields rise … [Read more...]

Treasuries had a topsy-turvy day Wednesday, after being boosted by the release of disappointing business spending data for February. They later reversed gains, following weak demand at this afternoons 5-year bond auction. The Commerce Department … [Read more...]

Treasuries climbed for the third straight session on Tuesday, after official data showed that inflation remains below the Fed’s 2% target. Reducing expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates this year. During late afternoon … [Read more...]

Treasury prices wavered on Monday, as weak home sales and a deteriorating global outlook forced traders to rethink the timing of the Fed’s interest rate rise. At 2.30 p.m. benchmark 10-year yields were 1.913%, down from a high of 1.934 earlier. … [Read more...]

Treasuries strengthened Friday as realization sets in that the Fed is in no rush to raise interest rates. At 2 p.m. benchmark 10-year yields had fallen to 1.930%, down from 1.977 on Thursday. Bond yields fall when prices rise. Traders have been … [Read more...]

Treasuries pulled back on Thursday following yesterday's Fed induced rally. Today’s move comes after yesterday's Fed statement sent short-term yields tumbling 12 basis points, their largest single-day decline since 2009. U.S. Government bonds were … [Read more...]

Bond investors jumped in ahead of the Fed on Wednesday, scooping up Treasuries before the release of this afternoon’s Fed statement. As a result, benchmark 10-year yields fell to 2.028% from 2.059% on Tuesday. Bond yields fall when prices … [Read more...]

Treasuries were boosted for a second session on Tuesday after weak housing data and lower oil prices dampened investors expectations that the Fed would be in any rush to hike interest rates. At 2pm the yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes was … [Read more...]

Treasuries were boosted on Monday as investors speculate that the Fed will take a more cautious approach at this week’s monetary policy meeting, following a string of mixed data over the past couple of weeks. The Fed had been widely predicted to … [Read more...]

Treasuries fell on Friday, for the first time this week, as investors scaled back bond bets ahead of next week’s crucial Federal Reserve policy meeting. Investors are still in two minds about which direction the Fed will take at next week’s … [Read more...]

Treasuries pared early gains on Thursday following weak demand at this afternoons 30-year bond auction. U.S. Government bonds were initially boosted earlier, after retail sales data came in much lower than expected last month. This mornings data … [Read more...]

Treasury bonds fell on Wednesday for the first time this week, as investors took some chips off the table following two straight days of gains amid the start of the European Central Bank’s bond buying program and a sense that the Fed is preparing the … [Read more...]

Treasuries continued to rally Tuesday, as investors abandon Europe in desperate search of yield, following the start of the European Central Bank’s 1.1 trillion euro bond buying program. Yields on many European bonds  fell to record lows  Tuesday, … [Read more...]