U.S. 10-Year Treasury Yield Falls to 5.12% From 5.21% in a Week
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The 10-year U.S. Treasury par yield stood at 5.12% on Oct. 20, nine basis points below its Oct. 13 reading, leaving a lower long-term interest-rate benchmark for U.S. markets. The yield was 5.21% on Oct. 13 and fell to 5.09% by Oct. 16. It then rose to 5.15% on Oct. 19 before easing to 5.12% on Oct. 20. One basis point equals 0.01 percentage point. September consumer prices rose 0.6% from August on a seasonally adjusted basis. Compared with a year earlier, they were up 3.7% on a basis that was not seasonally adjusted. The consumer-price figures were released Oct.
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