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At 4.98 percent, the 30-year Treasury yield occupied the highest point on the Treasury yield curve on Wednesday, while the 4-week Treasury bill rate and the 3-month Treasury rate shared the lowest reading at 3.68 percent.
Intermediate maturities moved higher over the past week. The 2-year Treasury rate reached 3.84 percent, up from 3.78 percent a week earlier, while the 3-year Treasury yield advanced to 3.86 percent from 3.80 percent.
Short-term Treasury rates were the steadiest part of the curve to start the week. The 6-week Treasury bill rate held at 3.72 percent, matching both Friday and one week ago, while the 2-month rate stood at 3.72 percent and the 6-month rate at 3.72 percent.
Across the Treasury yield curve on Friday, neighboring maturities sat tightly bunched at the long end, with the 30-year Treasury yield at 4.91 percent only three hundredths above the 20-year Treasury rate of 4.88 percent.
At the long end of the Treasury yield curve, the 30-year Treasury yield finished Thursday at 4.92 percent, down from 4.93 percent one week earlier but higher than the 4.88 percent recorded a month ago.