Sentences with phrase «year treasury notes continued»

Yields on US 10 - year Treasury notes continued their rise, ending the week at 2.42 %, up from 2.38 % a week ago.

The yield on the US 10 - year Treasury note continued to advance this week in anticipation of tighter monetary policy, rising to 2.58 % from 2.49 % a week ago.

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U.S. government debt yields continued their upward climb Wednesday, with the rate on the 10 - year Treasury note edging above the 3 percent benchmark it hit Tuesday for the first time since 2014.

The authors investigate the recent episode starting in late June and continuing through mid-November 2003 when there were significant settlement problems in the ten - year Treasury note issued in May of 2003.

By the end of that month, yields on the 10 - year Treasury note had climbed by nearly one - half of one percent — yet money continued to flow in to bond funds.

The Strategic Total Return Fund continues to carry a duration of about 4 years, mostly in intermediate term Treasury notes.

In September 1958, the yield on the 10 - year Treasury note rose above that of the S&P 500, a condition which continued unabated for the next 50 years.

In April NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun noted that «given that FHA and VA government - backed loan programs turned a modest profit over to the U.S. Treasury last year, and have never required a taxpayer bailout, we believe low down payment loans should continue to be available for those consumers who have demonstrated financial responsibility and are willing to stay well within their budget.»

No immediate change in Fed policy is likely — winding down QE3 over the next few months as announced in December will continue, the Fed funds rate target won't shift from its current zero to 25 basis points and the yield on the ten year Treasury note won't rise by much.

A short term result of the Fed's continuing increase in the Fed funds rate is a flatter yield curve as seen in the chart of the spread between the 10 - year and two - year treasury notes.

An appetite for investors to buy Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) and US Treasury Notes, particularly the 10 Year Treasury Note (10 Year UST), are in fact the driving factors of mortgage rates and that appetite continues to be healthy.

Given the continuing plunge in the rate on 10 - year Treasury notes last week (due mainly to a flight - to - safety effect as the Eurozone's unraveling proceeds), mortgage rates will likely continue to fall this week and in the near future.

The 10 - year Treasury note yield continues above 3 %, and retail earnings paint a murky picture.