After an early sell-off, treasuries regained ground over the course of the trading session on Friday but still ended the day firmly in negative territory.
Bond prices moved roughly sideways in afternoon trading following the morning volatility. Subsequently, the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, climbed 6.7 basis points to 4.784 percent.
Early in the session, the ten-year yield spiked as high as 4.887 percent, its highest intraday level since August 2007.
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.