Vivien Lou Chen is a Markets Reporter for MarketWatch. You can follow her on Twitter @vivienlouchen.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield pulled back from almost 5% on Friday, as tensions in the Middle East threatened to engulf the region.
Long-dated yields had ended Thursday’s session at their highest levels since July 2007 after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said more strong economic data like September’s may warrant more rate hikes, though investors and traders focused on the cautious elements of his remarks. Until Friday, investors had been selling long-dated U.S. government debt on concerns that a resilient U.S. economy means interest rates will stay higher for longer under Fed policy.Markets are pricing in a 98.
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