Daily Archives: December 2, 2005

TIPPING EVERY WHICH WAY

Is this the long-feared wake-up call for the bond market? Maybe, but the bond ghouls don’t give up so easy. But there’s at least reason to sit up and take notice, if only to keep things interesting and provide a change of pace for a day or two. Indeed, this week’s economic data was unmistakably positive, and in some cases far stronger than the consensus expected. The fixed-income set responded, but only modestly so far, selling the benchmark 10-year Treasury to the tune of lifting its yield to 4.52% as of yesterday’s close. That’s up about 10 basis points from the end of last week.

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