By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices pared losses and the dollar stayed down on Monday after a report showed U.S. consumer spending rose 0.2% in January, less than many economists expected. The dollar index (DXY 76.81, -0.46, -0.60%) , which measures the U.S. unit against a basket of six currencies, fell to 76.839, down from 76.848 before the data and versus 77.24 in late North American trade Friday. The euro (EURUSD 1.3843, +0.0085, +0.6179%) rose to $1.3842, up from around $1.3750 on Friday. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 3.43, +0.01, +0.32%) , which move inversely to prices, were little changed at 3.42%, after being 0.01% higher before the data. Still to come is data on pending home sales and a Federal Reserve buyback of $5 billion to $7 billion in U.S. debt maturing from 2013 to 2015.
