Tuesday, July 17, 2007

RPT-TREASURIES-Bonds sag on Dow over 14,000 and inflation fears

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 17 - U.S. Treasury debt prices
fell on Tuesday after strong company earnings prompted
investors to favor stocks over bonds and lifted the Dow Jones
industrial average above the 14,000 milestone for the first
time.




Investors also sold bonds as inflation worries were
stirred by an unexpectedly large rise in the core U.S.
Producer Price Index for June. Inflation erodes the value of
bonds.


Read more at Reuters.com Bonds News

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