Us government debt prices were higher on Tuesday morning, as investors monitored a fresh batch of economic data and Treasury auctions. The U.S. Treasury will auction US$30 billion of 119-day bills and US$30 billion of 42-day bills on Tuesday. At around 2:05 a.m. eastern time in the US the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was lower at 0.6704 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also down at 1.4147 percent. Yields move inversely to prices.

Source: The Standard August 18, 2020 06:41 UTC