TREASURIES-Extend losses after record supply announcement
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NEW YORK Feb 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries extended their losses on Thursday after the government announced a record amount of bonds in auctions scheduled for next week.
Treasury will auction a total of $126 billion in coupon debt. This includes $118 billion in two-, five- and seven-year conventional notes plus $8 billion worth of $30-year inflation-linked securities.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury note US10YT=RR was last down 13/32 in price, yielding 3.78 percent.
(Reporting by Burton Frierson, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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