Bonds rise but yields still near 5-year high
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Treasury debt prices rose on Wednesday on short covering, but benchmark yields stayed near five-year highs as strong economic data raised the prospect that the Federal Reserve may increase interest rates.
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Stocks gained on Friday after bond yields retreated from a sharp rise to 5.25 percent, easing concerns about the impact of rising interest rates on stocks.
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Like-for-like rise of around 5% on previous year.
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World stocks bumped along near record highs on Wednesday while investors' search for yield kept emerging market and corporate bonds closer to government debt than ever before.
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U.S. Treasuries built on early gains  on Monday after data showed U.S. inflation remained tame in  July and light summer trading combined with safe-haven buying  to move prices higher.
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House price growth remains strong despite concerns about interest rate rises, Land Registry figures show.
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The pound was well bid after the Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth time in less than a year to stand at 5.75 percent.
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Business & money: Analysts believe Bank of England still likely to raise interest rates higher in the coming months.
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World stocks bumped along near record  highs on Wednesday while investors' search for yield kept  emerging market and corporate bonds closer to government debt  than ever before.
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Short-term U.S. Treasury yields  registered their biggest rise in a month on Friday as investors  reconsidered hopes the Federal Reserve might soon pause in its  rate hike campaign.
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The Bank of England is seen holding rates at 5.5% after its latest meeting, but a rise remains a possibility.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers raised interest rates yesterday for the fifth time this year and suggested they will continue gradual rate increases in 2005.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices remained  flat to slightly higher on Wednesday as news that sales of  existing homes rose 2.7 percent in November did little to stir  up a market looking ahead to a note auction.
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The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point to 5.75 percent on Thursday, the highest level for more than six years, in a bid to dampen inflation.
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Stock jumps despite revelation of $5.5B mortgage-related writedowns.
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WASHINGTON -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in yesterday's auction to the highest levels in more than three years.
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Stocks ended mixed yesterday after yields on the 30-year Treasury bond briefly reached 5 percent and investors grew skittish a day ahead of the Federal Reserveâs first interest rate meeting of the year.