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TREASURIES-Yields rise on strong April jobs, wage numbers

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By Matt Tracy May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday after the government released April employment and wage figures that outpaced market expectations. The yield on 10-year bonds rose 10.6 basis points (bps) to 3.457%, while the yield on two-year notes jumped 18.3 bps to 3.909%. The 30-year bond's yield was up 6.7 bps to 3.789%.


May 5 Friday 8:41AM New York / 1241 GMT Price Current Net Yield % Change (bps) Three-month bills 5.1125 5.2484 -0.020 Six-month bills 4.8775 5.0675 0.065 Two-year note 99-239/256 3.9098 0.183 Three-year note 100-88/256 3.6249 0.171 Five-year note 100-90/256 3.4224 0.146 Seven-year note 100-108/256 3.4314 0.125 10-year note 100-88/256 3.4578 0.106 30-year bond 97-20/256 3.7893 0.067
DOLLAR SWAP SPREADS


Last (bps) Net


Change


(bps)
U.S. 2-year dollar swap 24.50 -1.75
spread
U.S. 3-year dollar swap 15.75 -0.75
spread
U.S. 5-year dollar swap 10.00 -0.25
spread
U.S. 10-year dollar swap 2.00 -0.50
spread
U.S. 30-year dollar swap -41.50 -0.50
spread


(Reporting by Matt Tracy; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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