Bonds News
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Treasuries maintained two days of gains after Moody’s Investors Service cut credit ratings of six European countries, boosting demand for the relative safety of U.S. government debt.
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The difference between yields on U.S. 10-year notes and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities reached the highest since August amid optimism that Europe’s debt crisis is improving, boosting investor demand for risk.
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California plans to sell about $2 billion of general-obligation bonds on March 1, the largest offering in four months by the most indebted U.S. state, a spokesman for Treasurer Bill Lockyer said.
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Venezuelan bonds rallied after opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski won more than 60 percent of the vote in a nationwide primary, a margin of victory that analysts said could strengthen his bid to unseat President Hugo Chavez in October elections.
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