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Friday March 19, 02:15
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Treasurys fall on data showing whiff of inflation
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Treasury prices fell and yields rose from eight-month lows Thursday on economic reports showing some signs of accelerating inflation and a three-year-low for jobless benefits applications. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note was down 5/32 at 102 6/32, yielding 3.73 percent vs. 3.70 percent. U.S. producer prices rose 0.6 percent in January as energy prices jumped 4.7 percent. The core rate for the producer price index rose 0.3 percent in January. Economists were expecting the PPI to rise about 0.4 percent in January. The core rate was expected to rise 0.1 percent. Also reported, the four-week average of initial claims dropped by 2,000 to 344,000, the lowest since the week of Jan. 27, 2001. The number of claims in the week ending March 13 fell 6,000 to 336,000, the lowest since the week of Jan. 13, 2001.
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