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Treasuries rally on soft GDP, curve normalizes
Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:49am
NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices rallied and the yield curve briefly normalized on Friday as a report showing slower U.S. economic growth bolstered expectations the Federal Reserve will end its campaign of interest rate increases.
The benchmark 10-year yield <US10YT> rose 12/32 in price to yield 4.99 percent, while the 2-year note <US10YT> rose 3/32 in price to also yield 4.99 percent.
Bond yields and prices move inversely.
"The bottom line is we're now in a bull market in bonds," said Brian Robinson, bond strategist with 4Cast Ltd in New York. "It's a feeding frenzy," he said.
U.S. GDP grew only 2.5 percent in the second quarter, below economists' forecasts for 3.0 percent and sharply slower than a 5.6 percent expansion in the first quarter.