	u s credit markets end under extreme pressure the u s credit market ended under extreme pressure as the dollar s continued slide on the currency markets triggered an avalanche of u s securities sales pushing prices to lows dealers and analysts said this was a bloodbath said one money market economist we ve been trading in a state of total panic at times today said another mirroring the dollar s fall to a year low against the yen the key pct year treasury bond price fell nearly two points to close at compared with on friday the corresponding yield jumped to pct from reuter 
