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U.S. Treasuries fell, with 10-year notes snapping a three-day gain, on speculation yields aren't high enough to compensate for the risk that inflation will accelerate. The drop pushed the 10-year note yield up from the lowest level in almost two months after Federal Reserve policy makers, led by ...

U.S. Treasuries fell as stocks rose and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said inflation was at ``worrying'' levels, indicating central banks will have to do more to damp rising prices. Two-year notes led declines as stocks in Asia and Europe rebounded, sapping demand for the re...

Two-year Treasury note yields held near their lowest levels in a month as global stocks and U.S. stock futures tumbled on concern credit-market losses will worsen, sending investors to the relative safety of government debt. An industry report scheduled to be released this morning will show home ...

Treasuries rose as traders bet deepening credit-market losses will deter the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates. The gains pushed two-year yields to a one-month low after Switzerland's SonntagsZeitung newspaper, citing a study by hedge-fund manager Bridgewater Associates Inc., said credi...

Treasuries were little changed as a government report showed payrolls declined in June for a sixth straight month, renewing speculation that the Federal Reserve won't be able to increase interest rates later this year to keep inflation from accelerating. Payrolls fell by 62,000 workers last month...

Treasuries rose after a private report showed companies in the U.S. cut 79,000 jobs in June, more than forecast. The yield on the two-year note fell 2 basis points, or 0.02 percentage point, to 2.62 percent at 8:20 a.m. in New York, according to BGCantor Market Data. The price of the 2.875 percen...

Treasuries advanced before a report economists forecast will show manufacturing in the U.S. contracted in June for a fifth month, fueling speculation the Federal Reserve may delay raising interest rates. The gain pushed the yield on two-year notes to the lowest level in more than three weeks. The...

U.S. Treasuries fell, extending the biggest quarterly decline since 2004, as inflation in the euro region rose to the highest in 16 years and oil advanced above $143 a barrel. The retreat pushed 10-year yields up from a three-week low after a European Union report showed the rate of euro-region i...

Treasuries rose, paring earlier declines, as crude oil touched a record and U.S. stock futures dropped, boosting demand for the relative safety of government debt. Yields on two-year notes fell yesterday the most in almost three weeks as equities tumbled, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Two-year Treasury notes rose, erasing declines, on speculation the Federal Reserve won't raise borrowing costs this year amid signs the U.S. economic slowdown is deepening. The yield on the two-year note, more sensitive to monetary policy than longer-term securities, fell 5 basis points to 2.76 p...