US Treasurys continue to rise ahead of Bernanke testimony
July 16, 2013 at 05:19 AM EDT
U.S. Treasury bond prices rose slightly on Tuesday, after weaker-than-forecast retail sales growth upped expectations of disappointing second-quarter growth, and of the Federal Reserve sticking to its current rate of asset purchases. Data showed on Monday that retail sales increased 0.4 percent last month, half of the rise economists polled by Reuters had forecast.