longdated treasury yields rose friday but remained on track for a weekly decline as investors awaited another round of us economic data including september retail sales what are yields doing   the yield on the 10year treasury note tmubmusd10y rose to 1542 up from 1519 at 3 pm eastern on thursday after ending last week above 16   the 2year treasury yield tmubmusd02y was at 0351 little changed from 0352 on thursday the short end of the yield curve has backed up this week after the 2year yield ended last friday at 0318   the 30year treasury bond yield tmubmusd30y rose to 2048 compared with 2025 thursday afternoon but down from 2161 at the end of last week longdated yields have declined this week flattening the yield curve a line plotting yields across treasury maturities the moves come after a slightly hotterthanexpected september consumerprice index reading on wednesday and a somewhat smallerthanexpected rise in the september producerprice index on thursday the moves across the curve according to some analysts reflect growing worries of a policy error by the federal reserve in which the central bank tightens policy more aggressively than previously anticipated in an attempt to get a grip on inflationary pressures that may be less “transitory” than policy makers initially anticipated retail sales data will be in the spotlight friday due for release at 830 am eastern economists surveyed by the wall street journal look for sales to fall 02 after a 07 jump in august excluding autos sales are seen up 05 after a 18 rise a month earlier the september importprice index is also due at 830 am and is expected to show a 05 rise while the new york fed’s empire state index for october is expected to fall back to 265 from 344 an october consumersentiment index reading and data on august business inventories are set for 10 am what are analysts saying market moves on thursday “once again lacked clearcut drivers but was mainly inspired by lower real yields” wrote analysts at kbc bank in brussels if anything “it suggests that any future tightening cycle will be shortlived as central bankers might face a balancing act between inflation fighting and supporting a potential growth slowdown”