yield
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As those policies have dwindled, the clearing yield must rise to attract other buyers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
—The 10-year Treasury yield rose 0.4 basis points to 4.674%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
These days the bond market clears at a higher yield.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the late 19th century, Tamara Surani Fernando notes in “Shallow Blue Empire,” this problem of yield confronted the British, who oversaw the trade of three important pearling sites in the Indian Ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Under the efforts of both men the lid began to yield; the nails drew with a quick screeching sound, and the top of the box was thrown back.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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Higher Treasury yields could be good news for new retirees.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Thank rising yields on bonds and strong stock performance.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The U.S. nonfarm payrolls report could also be in focus, as a softer print would reinforce bets on a less hawkish Fed and drag bond yields lower, supporting gold, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
As Berceren explains, “This means long-term yields can remain elevated even when markets anticipate rate cuts.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The foreigners, coming from a land plagued by famine, were awed by maize, which yields more grain per acre than any other cereal.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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A glove discovered in her neighbourhood also yielded no DNA evidence.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Samples from separate parts of the figure yielded three different ranges.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Within days, he yielded to perhaps the most significant of the protesters’ demands, firing the country’s top military commander, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskiy, who was widely criticized for sticking to old-school Soviet ways and hampering change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Marvel faithful gathered in Hall H once more as San Diego Comic-Con yielded breaking news on Saturday: Ryan Gosling will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as motorcycle-riding superhero Ghost Rider.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Fire, water, and air yielded up secrets to him.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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The podcast had been downloaded 7,184 times by the end of July, according to APD - yielding several tips, including one which investigators continue to pursue.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
With Japan’s 30-year bond now yielding near 4%, an insurer in Tokyo can finally earn a decent return at home, in its own currency, with no exchange-rate risk.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Because they hold that cash for long periods, the firms can invest profitably in complex, high yielding debt—as long as regulators don’t require them to hold too much money in reserves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Following Fedorov's accusations, Syrsky, who led Kyiv's defence in the crucial first months of the 2022 invasion, called for a focus on "the war and on an effective strategy that is currently yielding concrete results".
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
After being corrected and printed, the one thousand five hundred pages reduced themselves to six hundred, yielding a voluminous treatise on the ninety- nine names of God and formulas for attaining nirvana through respiratory exercise.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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