U.S. government debt yields slipped on Monday as investors tracked the end of the longest government shutdown in history.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 2.737 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at 3.048 percent.
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President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that another government shutdown is "certainly an option," expressing skepticism that Congress would reach a deal to fund the border wall he has requested. His comments followed a bill on Friday to end the 35-day shutdown — the longest in history.
Congress and the Trump administration agreed to reopen the government for three weeks. The government had been shutdown for 35 days — the longest stoppage in U.S. history — as both sides could not agree on funding for a border wall.
The White House will hold a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at 3 p.m. ET Monday.