Tuesday, June 19, 2007

TREASURIES-Bonds rise as data support weak housing view

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, June 19 - U.S. Treasury debt prices
rose for a third day on Tuesday after data showing the first
drop in housing starts since January reinforced the view that
the housing sector would remain a drag on the economy.




Benchmark bond yields, which move inversely to prices,
slipped to their lowest levels in a week as weaker stocks and
gains in Bunds also enticed Treasury investors, analysts said.


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