First recorded in 1855–60
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The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond declined 0.036 percentage point, to 5.125%, extending the longest streak of closes above 5% since 2007.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Treasury bond during any given year was 1.1%.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
It was a sea change as investors previously would have to guess the Fed’s posture toward interest rates by watching for changes in the Treasury bond market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Treasury bond yields create easier financial conditions for stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
Treasury bond; hardly anyone could understand a subprime mortgage–backed CDO.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
They don't know the mechanics of how treasury bonds are bought and sold — they just know that there's a treasury bond market and they need to get some dollars from that.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2025
—The bond market freakout: More worrisome to financial observers was weird, counterintuitive activity in the treasury bond market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
South Korea's three-year treasury bond futures fell after the BOK's statement on the decision.
From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2022
Just 10 years ago, the U.S. 10-year treasury bond yielded about 3 percent, Five years prior to that, it offered more than 5 percent.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2021
Now let’s say you are looking at an investment that has an expected return of 10 percent, and it is not a treasury bond.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Mar. 31, 2018
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