After recovering from an early slump to end the previous session higher, treasuries turned in a relatively lackluster performance throughout much of the trading day on Friday.
Bond prices spent most of the day in positive territory but gave back ground late in the session to close roughly flat. Subsequently, the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, edged down by less than a basis point to 4.453 percent.
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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.