On May 15, Thursday (May 14), at the close in New York, the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 1.28 basis points to 4.4816%, trading within a range of 4.4345%-4.4865% during the day, showing a long-tail W-shaped reversal pattern. After the release of U.S. retail sales data, it hit a daily low at 21:50 Beijing time (early in the U.S. stock market). The two-year U.S. Treasury yield increased by 4.01 basis points to 4.0172%, trading within a range of 3.9501%-4.0193% during the day. The spread between the 2-year and 10-year U.S. Treasury yields decreased by 2.737 basis points to +45.811 basis points. The yield on the 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) rose by 2.06 basis points to 1.9837%; the two-year TIPS yield increased by 5.73 basis points to 1.0972%; while the 30-year TIPS yield fell by 0.12 basis points to 2.7418%. (Dongxin News Agency)