the idea that the fed might raise rates at a slower pace sparked a rally in shorterterm treasurys signs that the federal reserve might soon slow the pace of its interestrate increases helped calm treasury yields at the end of last week offering some hope to investors that a morestable bond market could ease pressure on stocks us treasury yields which move in the opposite direction of bond prices largely declined friday after the wall street journal reported that fed officials were poised to raise interest rates by 075 percentage point at their nov 12 meeting—but were also likely set to debate shifting to a smaller increase in december