Benchmark 10-Year Yield Falls as Trade Deficit Narrows
February 06, 2019 at 14:59 PM EST
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield ticked lower to 2.70 as news flooded the capital markets that the U.S. trade deficit fell to a five-month low. The longer benchmark 30-year yield rose to 3.038 while the shorter duration 5-year yield dropped to 2.507. After five straight months of increases, the...
