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10-year and 30-year US Treasury yields rise to their highest levels since 2007
The 10-year Treasury yield, which serves as a benchmark for mortgage rates and as an investor confidence barometer, on Tuesday surged to its highest level since 2007. The 10-year Treasury yield was last up about 9 basis points to 4.779%. The 30-year Treasury yield rose as high 4.874%, also the highest since 2007. The 2-year Treasury yield, which is sensitive to expectations around where the Federal Reserve will set its own key borrowing rate, increased slightly to 5.129%. Yields and prices move in opposite directions and one basis point equals 0.01%. August’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey released Tuesday ... (full story)