After seeing some early volatility, treasuries moved sharply lower over the course of the trading session on Friday.
Bond prices moved roughly sideways in afternoon trading, stuck firmly in negative territory. As a result, the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, jumped 11.2 basis points to 3.156 percent.
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May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.