Friday, July 20, 2007

TREASURIES-Bonds rally on credit fears, stock slump

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 20 - The U.S. Treasury debt market
rallied on Friday, with benchmark yields falling to six-week
lows as investors flocked to government bonds from stocks and
other risky assets on fresh subprime loan and credit worries.




Technically related buying also fueled the gains, with bond
bulls able to push through key yield levels on heightened
anxiety that subprime mortgage losses would spread to other
markets and eventually shave economic growth, analysts said.


Read more at Reuters.com Bonds News

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