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US Treasury Five-Year Yields Breach 5% for First Time Since 2007

The yield on five-year US Treasuries rose above 5% for the first time in almost two decades as strong US economic data pushed investors to prepare for a series of Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes to stem inflationary pressures.

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