10-Year Yield Drops on Job News

The long-term rate-indicative 10-year Treasury yield had just finished a notable climb from around 4.2% to almost 4.4% when the release of a weaker-than-expected overall employment report knocked it back down to 4.25%."The November employment report was almost as weak as October had been strong," said Steve Stanley, chief economist at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets.

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