U.S. 2-Year Notes reach 5 Months High as Jobs Decline

Posted on 09 January 2010

Treasury two-year notes reach their 5 months High as the U.S. economy unexpectedly lost jobs in December, giving a signal that the labor market has yet to emerge from its worst slump since World War II.

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Yield difference Between 2- and 10-year U.S. debt widened

Between 2- and 10-year U.S. debt the yield difference has been expanded to near the most ever before that the Treasury sells $84 billion in notes and bonds next week.


Policy makers decided to keep Interest rates near zero

It has been revealed by the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s December meeting that was released on Jan. 6 that policy makers are intended to keep interest rates near zero for an extended period and it also shows that more stimulus might be needed.

Two-year note’s yield fell 17 basis points on the week

According to BGCantor Market Data, the two-year note’s yield fell 17 basis points on the week, or 0.17 percentage point, to 0.97%. That’s the highest since it fell 25 basis points over the five days that were ended on Aug. 14.

Position of the yield curve

Yesterday the yield curve touched 287 basis points. On Dec. 22  it reached 288 basis points amid concern an accelerating recovery would hurt demand at sales of U.S. debt.

What the treasury will sell from 11 to 14th Jan?

The Treasury will sell $10 billion of 10-year TIPS on Jan. 11, on Jan. 12 it will sell $40 billion of three-year notes, on Jan. 13 it will sell $21 billion of 10-year securities and on Jan. 14 it will sell $13 billion of 30-year debt.

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