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Treasury Yields Increase Most in Week on Spain Bailout Optimism

Stronger signals on European recovery could mean U.S. losing debt safe haven status.

By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg | Updated on October 16, 2012

Treasuries declined, pushing up yields on 10-year notes the most in more than a week, as Germany signaled it may be open to a bailout of Spain, reducing the haven appeal of U.S. government debt.

Yields extended gains after a report showed the cost of living in the U.S. climbed for a second month in September. The difference between yields on 10-year notes and similar-maturity Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, a gauge of expectations for consumer prices, widened to 2.47 percentage points, above the average of 2.17 percentage points since October 2002.

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