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Investors’ diminished outlook for the economy could help prevent an exodus from the $12.2 trillion market for Treasuries and contain long-term borrowing costs for the government, companies, and consumers as the Fed moves toward raising interest rates. After demand for the benchmark 10-year note this year pushed down yields by almost half a percentage point, to 2.61 percent, implied yields now suggest investors don’t foresee them increasing to 3 percent for at least another year.
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