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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
February 25, 2013
Treasuries rose, pushing 10-year yields down the most since November, as polls indicated the euro area’s third-largest economy, Italy, may be left with a hung parliament, stoking refuge demand.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
February 12, 2013
Treasuries declined before the government sells $32 billion of three-year notes, the first of three auctions of coupon-bearing debt this week totaling $72 billion.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
January 11, 2013
The difference between the yields on two-year debt and 10-year notes steepened to almost the most since May on optimism the global economic recovery is strengthening, reducing demand for safe-haven assets.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
January 9, 2013
Treasury 10-year note yields traded close to the highest level since April after the U.S.’s first auction of the securities this year was met with weaker-than-average demand.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
December 13, 2012
Treasuries fell for a third day as a decline in U.S. unemployment-insurance claims and a gain in retail sales sapped demand at the government’s auction of $13 billion of 30-year bonds.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
December 11, 2012
Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year yields to a two-week high, as investors sought higher-yielding assets and the Federal Open Market Committee began a two-day meeting amid forecasts it will decide to buy more bonds to spur the economy.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
December 6, 2012
Treasury 10-year note yields dropped to a more than two-week low amid speculation the U.S. employment market is floundering as politicians debate the so-called fiscal cliff, sustaining demand for safer assets.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
September 27, 2012
Treasuries fell for the first time in nine days, snapping their longest rally in almost four years, as optimism Spain is moving closer to meeting budget-deficit targets reduced the refuge appeal of U.S. government debt.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
July 26, 2012
Treasuries fell as the yield at a seven-year-note sale exceeded forecasts after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the ECB was ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro, damping safety demand.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
May 30, 2012
Treasury 10-year note yields fell to a record low as investors sought refuge from the deteriorating credit conditions of European sovereign borrowers.
