TREASURIES-Bonds rise as jobs come in on the soft side

(Reuters) - Benchmark 10-year notes rose 3/32 in price for
a yield of 4.76 percent from 4.77 percent late Thursday.




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Treasuries Little Changed as $18 Billion Two-Year Auction Attracts Bids

(Bloomberg) -- Treasuries were little changed, with
yields on 10-year notes near the lowest in almost eight weeks,
amid continuing concern regarding credit-market risk.

Investors seeking safer investments pushed down yields on
two-year notes, which touched the lowest in 10 weeks after the
government's sale of $18 billion of the securities. The notes
sold at a yield below the forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of
eight of the 21 firms that underwrite the government's debt.


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TREASURIES-Bonds dip on bright stocks outlook

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 23 - U.S. Treasuries eased on
Monday, pulling benchmark yields back from recent six-week lows
as a firm equities outlook signaled at least a temporary
recovery in other markets from last week's subprime credit
scare.




Financial market losses related to subprime, the mortgage
sector that targets borrowers with poor credit, led to a flight
to quality by investors into Treasuries last week, giving
10-year notes their best rally since since March.


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Treasuries Little Changed Before Government Report on U.S. Retail Sales

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasuries were little changed
before a government report that will probably show retail sales
declined last month, suggesting a housing slump and higher fuel
costs are contributing to weaker economic growth.

Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service prompted
the biggest surge in Treasuries in more than four months on July
10 after they warned about the credit quality of U.S. subprime
mortgages. Benchmark 10-year notes have pared their gains in the
past two days as a rebound in global stock markets eased demand
for less risky assets such as government debt.


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Treasuries Rise on Speculation Subprime Defaults to Slow Economic Growth

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasuries rose on speculation
losses on debt backed by subprime mortgages will exacerbate a
housing slowdown and curb economic growth.

The yield on benchmark 10-year notes fell 2 basis points to
5.07 percent as of 9:37 a.m. in London, according to bond broker
Cantor Fitzgerald LP. The price of the 4 1/2 percent security
due in May 2017 rose 5/32, or $1.56 per $1,000 face amount, to
95 10/16. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.


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Treasury Yield Curve Reaches Steepest Since 2005 as Investors Seek Safety

(Bloomberg) -- The difference in Treasury 10-year
and two-year note yields widened to the most since October 2005
as investors sought a haven from hedge fund losses.

Two-year notes were poised for their first weekly gain
since April, while 10-year notes were down for a seventh week,
widening the yield advantage of the longer-term debt to 21 basis
points. Investors bought two-year notes as creditors moved to
liquidate assets from two Bear Stearns Cos. hedge funds.


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U.S. Stock Futures Gain as Treasuries Erase Losses; Merrill Shares Advance

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures gained
after Treasury bonds erased losses following a decline that
earlier pushed yields on 10-year notes to the highest in more
than five years.

Merrill Lynch & Co., the world's biggest brokerage, and
Wachovia Corp., the fourth-biggest U.S. bank, advanced in
trading in Europe.


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Treasury 10-Year Yield Rises to Highest Since January on New-Home Sales

(Bloomberg) -- Treasuries fell, pushing yields
on benchmark 10-year notes to the highest level since
January, on a sign of housing strength and comments from
Federal Reserve policy makers that inflation remains their
primary concern.

Futures traders pared bets this week that the central
bank will lower interest rates after a government report
showed the biggest rise in new-home sales in 14 years.
Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said investors may be
underestimating the central bank's resolve to lower
inflation.


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Indonesia's Rupiah Climbs to Highest in Three Years; Bonds Gain on Auction

(Bloomberg) -- The Indonesian rupiah rose to a three-
year high against the dollar on speculation overseas investors
brought in funds to participate in a debt auction. Bonds gained.

The bonds offer the highest yields in Asia after Pakistan and
Sri Lanka, with 10-year notes offering 8.89 percent and 20-year
debt 9.82 percent. The results of the central bank's auction of
20- and 30-year bonds are due at about 2 p.m. in Jakarta.


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