Monday, June 18, 2007

TREASURIES-Bonds rise, supported by housing weakness

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, June 18 - U.S. government debt prices
rose on Monday posting a second straight session of gains for
the first time in a month after surprisingly stark signs of
further deterioration in the housing market.




With benchmark yields well off last week's five-year highs
above 5.30 percent, a move stoked by investors' worries about
global economic growth and central banks' raising interest
rates, higher yields have attracted more buyers, helping
Treasuries find a foothold, analysts said.


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