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DailyFXTeam: GREECE: 10-year bond falls, with the yield at 6% for the first time since March. Related posts: DailyFXTeam: U.S Treasury: 2-year note yield down 2 bps to 0.96%, 10-year note yield even at 3.29%, 30-year bond yield up 1 bp to 4.03%. DailyFXTeam: U.S Treasury: 2-year note yield up 5 bps to 1.01%, 10-year note yield up 5 bps to 3.32%, 30-year bond yield up 4 bps to 4.07%. DailyFXTeam: U.S. Treasury market mixed today. 2-year ...
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The yield on the 30-Year Treasury Bond is now over 4.60% and the 10-Year Treasury Note is yielding 3.75%. It was just at the last bond auction that the T-Bond had been 4.49% and sold at 4.52%, and the 10-Year's yield was a mere 3.20% on November's closing yield. Most traders around these bonds will look at the prices of the various bond futures rather than an outright yield, but that inverse relationship between price and yield is present ...
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