Thursday, July 19, 2007

TREASURIES-Bonds steady on Bernanke's balanced view

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 19 - U.S. government debt prices
finished steady on Thursday, caught between warnings from
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about inflation and
threats to growth from a weak housing market.




Sharp gains in stocks, driven by upbeat earnings news that
pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to an unofficial close
over 14,000 for the first time, also kept a lid on bond prices,
analysts said.


Read more at Reuters.com Bonds News

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