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The U.S. Treasury yield curve officially exited its prolonged inversion on Friday, Sept. 6. This marks the end of over two years when short-term yields were higher than those on long-term bonds ? a rare and closely watched economic phenomenon. As of Monday, the 10-year Treasury yield stood at 3.72%, with the two-year at 3.65%. That?s a spread of 7 basis points.

Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields fell to a 15-month low on Friday before paring back in choppy trading as August's payrolls report failed to offer a clear signal on the size of an expected Federal Reserve interest rate cut later this month. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 142,000 jobs last month after a downwardly revised 89,000 rise in July.

* US non-farm payrolls up 142,000 in Aug, unemployment 4.2% * Shares lose ground, dollar rises, oil falls. * Fed's Williams says time has arrived to start rate cuts. By Sin?ad Carew and Nell Mackenzie.

Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields turned higher on Friday after earlier reaching a 15-month low, as August's payrolls report failed to offer a clear signal on the size of an expected Federal Reserve interest rate cut later this month. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 142,000 jobs last month after a downwardly revised 89,000 rise in July. The unemployment rate fell to 4.2%, from 4.3% the prior month.

U.S. Treasury yields fell for a fourth straight day to one-month low on Friday in jittery trading ahead of the upcoming monthly jobs report that could determine the size of the Federal Reserve's first rate cut in five years this month.

MSCI's global equities gauge fell more than 1% on Friday and U.S. Treasury yields dropped as investors worried about the health of the economy after a mixed U.S. jobs report cemented expectations for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates this month, but created uncertainty about the size of the cut.