bond yields eased friday ahead of key comments from federal reserve officials as traders increasingly price in the prospect that the central bank will continue its ratehike campaign next month   the yield on the 2year treasury tmubmusd02y was 423 down 37 basis points yields move in the opposite direction to prices   the yield on the 10year treasury tmubmusd10y was 363 down 25 basis points   the yield on the 30year treasury tmubmusd30y was 39 down 11 basis points on thursday the 2year yield saw its largest yield gain since may 5 as the 10year yield also rose that came after a flurry of hawkish fed speakers as well as betterthanexpected economic data and indications the us debt ceiling will be raised fed chair jerome powell is due to step up to the mic at 11 am eastern in a conversation with former fed chair ben bernanke new york fed president john williams is due to make remarks as well markets are pricing in a 36 chance of a quarterpoint hike in june up from just 16 a week ago according to the fedwatch tool from the cme “we’ll hear from fed chair jerome powell and he will probably have some interest in keeping a hawkish rhetoric alive ultimately adding a bit more pressure on bonds and support to the dollar” said francesco pesole a currency strategist at ing