TREASURIES-Bonds fall after stronger-than-expected payrolls

(Reuters) - "This was a very strong number today and with revisions up
in May. Fears of a slowdown in the economy forcing the Fed to
lower rates should be off the table for everybody this year,"
said Andrew Richman managing director of SunTrust's personal
asset management division in West Palm Beach Florida.




Benchmark 10-year notes were trading 11/32
lower in price for a yield of 5.19 percent -- the highest in
two weeks -- from 5.14 percent late on Thursday. Bond yields
move inversely to prices.


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Treasuries Fall Most in Three Weeks as Demand for Riskier Bonds Stabilizes

(Bloomberg) -- Treasury 10-year notes declined the
most in three weeks as a drop in a measure of the perceived risk
of owning U.S. corporate bonds reduced demand for the safety of
government debt.

The CDX North America Crossover Index, made up of the debt
of 35 companies, fell for the first time in five days after
rising to a 10-month high yesterday, according to Deutsche Bank
AG.


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Thailand's 10-Year Bonds Head for Weekly Decline as Debt Sales Increase

(Bloomberg) -- Thailand's bonds headed for a weekly
decline on concern investors will demand higher returns to buy
new debt the government is selling. The baht was little changed.

The yield on benchmark 10-year notes has risen 20 basis
points this week as the Bank of Thailand said it plans to sell
as much as 80 billion baht ($2.3 billion) of five-year bonds
this year.


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U.S. Treasury Notes May Decline; Deutsche, Lehman Drop Calls for Rate Cut

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. 10-year notes may fall after
signs of growth in the economy made Deutsche Bank AG and Lehman
Brothers Holdings Inc. drop forecasts for the Federal Reserve to
cut interest rates this year.

The firms announced their changes at the end of last week,
following an increase in 10-year yields to their highest in five
years. Yields, which move in the opposite direction as prices,
climbed as former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan predicted they may
rise further.


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U.S. Treasuries Head for Sixth Weekly Decline Before Consumer Price Report

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasuries headed for a sixth
weekly decline as a government report today will probably show
inflation quickened last month.

Regular 10-year notes yielded about 2.47 percentage points
more than 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, near
the widest since April, a sign of increasing demand for notes
that hedge against rising prices. A Labor Department report may
show the consumer price index rose 0.6 percent in May, from 0.4
percent in April, according to a Bloomberg News survey.


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Treasuries Stabilize After Slump Pushes Benchmark Yield to Five-Year High

(Bloomberg) -- Treasuries stabilized after yields
on 10-year notes reached a five-year high, prompting speculation
increased borrowing costs for businesses and households will
curb growth in the U.S. economy.

``The housing sector has already slowed down and rising
yields will hurt it again,'' said Masataka Horii, a manager for
the $46 billion Kokusai Global Sovereign Open fund in Tokyo, the
world's second-biggest bond fund. ``We don't have any concern
about inflation.''


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Treasuries Little Changed Before 10-Year Government Sale, Economic Reports

(Bloomberg) -- Treasuries were little changed
before an auction of 10-year notes today that will help gauge
demand for U.S. debt.

The government will sell $8 billion in a re-offering of 10-
year notes today. Investors will also look to producer and
consumer price data later this week for cues on inflation in the
world's biggest economy. U.S. 10-year bonds last week had their
biggest weekly decline in a year on speculation global growth
will spur central banks to raise interest rates.


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Crude Oil Declines From a 9-Month High on Signs of Weaker Growth in Demand

(Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell from a nine-month high
on concern that rising interest rates may lead to slower
growth in demand.

U.S. Treasury 10-year notes are poised for their biggest
weekly decline in more than a year on concern economic growth and
inflation will encourage central banks to raise interest rates.
Gonu is dissipating after sweeping across coastal Oman and Iran.
Oman's ports, including its oil-export terminal at Mina al-Fahal,
opened today for partial operations, Gulf Agency Co. reported.


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U.S. 10-Year Treasuries Head for Biggest Weekly Decline Since March 2006

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury 10-year notes are poised
for their biggest weekly decline in more than a year on concern
accelerating economic growth and inflation will encourage central
banks to raise interest rates.

Ten-year notes, whose yields determine interest rates on
mortgages and corporate bonds, had their biggest slump in more
than three years yesterday. Debt markets in Japan, Germany,
Poland and South Africa also slid as investors, anticipating
faster expansion in the global economy, demanded greater yields
to compete with higher expected returns on riskier investments.


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Treasuries Extend Decline, Pushing 10-Year Yields to Highest Since July

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasuries fell, pushing the 10-
year yield to the highest since July.

The yield on 10-year notes rose 2 basis points, or 0.02
percentage point, to 5.16 percent at 8:15 a.m. in Singapore,
according to bond broker Cantor Fitzgerald LP. The price of 4 1/2
percent notes maturing in May 2017 fell 4/32, or $1.25 per $1,000
face amount, to 94 30/32. Yields move inversely to bond prices.


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Thai Bonds Decline as Economic Growth Beats Forecast; Baht Little Changed

(Bloomberg) -- Thailand's bonds fell after a
government report showed the economy grew faster than expected in
the first quarter. The baht was little changed.

Yields on benchmark 10-year notes rose to the highest in more
than six weeks. Gross domestic product rose 4.3 percent in the
first three months from a year earlier, the National Economic and
Social Development Board said in Bangkok today. Economists had
expected a 3.7 percent growth in a Bloomberg survey.


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