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The government regularly sells such bonds, which is how it borrows money to pay its bills. In this auction, the U.S. government had to pay a yield as high as 5.047% to attract enough buyers to lend it a total of $16 billion over 20 years.That helped push up yields for all kinds of other Treasurys, including the more widely followed 10-year Treasury. Its yield climbed to 4.59% from 4.48% late Tuesday and from just 4.01% early last month. That’s a notable move in the bond market.“Bonds finally appear to...

It is an increase of more than $21 million since the previous year, with GSU President M. Brian Blake saying the numbers show the school’s “commitment to advancing knowledge and producing real-world impact by investing in our research community.”ExploreChaos and confusion: Georgia universities face hard decisions amid federal cutsA significant portion of research funding for GSU and other universities comes from federal government grants. That’s certainly true for Georgia Tech, which ranks No. 3 in the country for federally financed R&D expenditures. Emory University sits at No. 26 with the...