A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on January 23, 2026.
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U.S. Treasury yields were relatively unchanged on Friday as investors continued to assess the state of the American economy.
The 10-year Treasury yield was less than 1 basis point lower at 4.206%, while the 30-year Treasury yield was 1 basis point lower at 4.853%. The 2-year Treasury note yield rose more than 1 basis point to 3.495%.
One basis point is equal to 0.01%, and yields and prices move in opposite directions.
Consumer sentiment showed some improvement on Friday, as the preliminary February reading of the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers came in at 57.3. That’s up 1.6% from January and better than the 55.0 that economists polled by Dow Jones had estimated.
It comes after a weaker-than-expected ADP private payrolls report on Wednesday, and figures on Thursday showed U.S. job openings in December fell to their lowest level since September 2020.
The release of the key nonfarm payrolls report for January, originally due Friday, has been delayed until Feb. 11 due to the brief government shutdown that ended earlier this week.
The report is expected to show a gain of 60,000 jobs for the month, after a 50,000 increase in December, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The unemployment rate is forecast to hold steady at 4.4%.
Next week, investors will be watching the release of the consumer price index report for January, which has also been delayed till Feb. 13, two days later than originally scheduled.
— Jeff Cox contributed to this report