U.S. government debt yields were little changed Thursday, as investors digested the latest coming from the U.S. economic sphere.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.486 percent at 3:40 p.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was down at 2.84 percent. Bond yields move inversely to prices.
Meanwhile the yield curve continued to flatten, with the 3-year Treasury note yield approaching 2 percent Thursday afternoon.
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On Wednesday, a major hurdle surrounding after House Republicans voted to approve tax reform, consequently meaning that the legislation can be sent to President Donald Trump's desk for a signature by Christmas.
This comes after Republicans had to fix the bill on Tuesday afternoon, due to violations concerning the .
The overhaul is expected to become law for 2018, with the bill set to cut corporation tax rates while temporarily trimming the tax burden for the majority of people.
Even though the legislation was passed by a 224-201 margin in favor, on Wednesday — a move which was reflected by markets worldwide on Thursday morning.
In other news, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in more than two years in the third quarter, but fell just short of expectations. Gross domestic product expanded at a 3.2 percent annual rate last quarter, said the Commerce Department, slightly below the 3.3 percent rate anticipated.
In central banking news, the Bank of Japan announced that it , while inflation is still far from its target of 2 percent.
—CNBC's Jacob Pramuk contributed to this report