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US Treasuries Rally on Weak July Jobs Data
US Treasury prices rallied following unexpectedly weak July employment data, which showed employers cutting jobs rather than adding them. This softer labor market data reduced investor expectations for near-term Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, causing the two-year Treasury yield to fall as much as nine basis points to 4.15% before settling around 4.20% by the end of trading.
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