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A fresh jump in oil prices on Thursday lifted five- to 30-year Treasury yields to new multiyear highs in choppy U.S. trading, with the 30-year rising as much as seven basis points to 5.47%, its highest since 2004.
Greenspan's 18 years as Fed chief, from 1987 until his retirement at the start of 2006, were marked by a stock market boom and low unemployment.
The path of US interest rates remains in focus following the slower-than-expected US inflation print as traders fully price a Fed cut in July.
Some yields went to their lowest levels of the past month after data showed a loss of consumer spending momentum, reflecting anxiety about the cost of living and slowing job growth.
A surge in gauges of US interest-rate volatility was also brief, with investors anticipating the Federal Reserve will leave rates unchanged at their meeting next week, amid signs of resilience in the economy.
