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Yields on Lehman's 4.5% notes due in 2010 rose to 9.01% points more than Treasuries, up from 6.66% points on Tuesday, as their prices fell to 89 cents on the dollar from 92.6 cents.

To illustrate just how far rates have gotten out of line, the Merrill Lynch Index of high-yield bonds shows BB-rated issues yielding 10.4% or 661 basis points more than Treasuries, up from 403 basis points at the beginning of 2002.

Long bonds: 4.85% 10-year Treasuries: Up 54 b.p.

Treasuries Up Sharply By Bloomberg News United States government bonds registered their biggest gains in almost five weeks after the Treasury Department said it would buy back $1 billion of bonds maturing from 2018 to 2021 on Thursday.

Among initial offerings, shares of Diversa shot up 51, to 75, in their first day of trading on Nasdaq after the biotechnology company's shares were priced at $24. Treasuries Up Again By The Associated Press Treasury bond prices rose yesterday for a second consecutive session in lackluster trading.

The move lifted the yield on three-month treasuries up 54 basis points to 3.73%.

Gross admits he made a mistake dumping Treasurys, up 12% in the year.

On average, they yield five percentage points more than comparable Treasurys, up from 3.3 points before the crisis.

Investment-grade corporate bonds, which carry only a sliver of default risk, now yield an average 1.8 percentage points more than Treasurys, up from 1.3 points in early 2000.

Treasuries make up a great deal of the collateral in the repo market.

Absent some credit crisis, spreads should tighten considerably if Treasuries back up".