treasury yields stumbled as investors look to key data for hints about the us economy us treasury yields fell on tuesday as investors assessed the outlook for the economy ahead of fresh data due this week which could provide hints about the federal reserves next policy moves at 440 am et the yield on the 10year treasury was down by over six basis points to 34485 the 2year treasury was last down by more than seven basis points to 40693 yields and prices have an inverted relationship and one basis point equals 001