U.S. Treasury yields were steady on Monday with investors evaluated safe-haven assets amid the escalated geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was flat at 1.961% at around 8 a.m. ET. The benchmark 10-year rate hit the 2% level last week following the hottest inflation reading in four decades.
The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond, meanwhile, was steady at 2.261%. Yields move inversely to prices and a basis point equals 0.01%.
Yields were lower earlier but came back following comments from Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Vladimir Putin that appeared to suggest Russia would continue talks with EU and NATO over Ukraine.
On Friday, a sharp move lower in bond yields came after U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said at a White House briefing that there were signs of Russian escalation at the Ukraine border and that it was possible that an invasion could take place during the Olympics, despite speculation to the contrary.
