Treasuries showed a lack of direction throughout the trading session on Friday before eventually ending the day roughly flat.
Bond prices spent the day bouncing back and forth across the unchanged. The yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, closed down less than a basis point at 4.441 percent.
After seeing initial strength, treasuries gave back ground following the release of a Commerce Department report showing unexpected increases in U.S. housing starts and building permits in the month of October.
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June 19, 2026 16:46 ET Major central banks continued to dominate the economic news flow this week too, led by the Federal Reserve, as they announced their latest policy decisions. The Federal Reserve policy session was in focus as it was the first to be led by the new chief Kevin Warsh. In Europe, central banks of the U.K. and Switzerland announced their rate decisions. In Asia, the Bank of Japan drew attention for its policy moves, while data out of China threw some light on the state of the economy.