Friday, February 3, 2017

TREASURIES-Yields fall as tepid wage growth points to low inflation

* Tepid wage growth eases inflation concerns

* Bonds rally after jobs report

By Karen Brettell

NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields fell on

Friday after a jobs report for January showed disappointing wage

growth, indicating inflation is not rising at a pace that would

lead the Federal Reserve to raise rates in the near-term.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 227,000 jobs last month, the

largest gain in four months, the Labor Department said.

Average hourly earnings,

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