The 2-year yield fell 0.034 percentage point to 4.789% this week, its second consecutive weekly decline. The two-week drop of 0.073 point is the largest since Aug 14. On Friday, the yield rose 0.036 point, the biggest one-day gain since Oct 2, ending a three-day streak of falling yields. The yield is 0.133 point below its 52-week high of 4.922%.

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