The likelihood the Fed cuts rates later this year also increased.
"The Fed does not aim get rate policy right just in time, they aim to get it right over time."
Consumer prices decelerated to 4.9% year-on-year, the 10th straight month of slowdown as prices react to the Fed's rate-tightening cycle.
The two-year Treasury yield, which typically moves in step with rate expectations, slid from 4.05% before the CPI news and dropped to 3.904%.
Gold prices slipped as the CPI data was viewed as mixed and triggered profit-taking by some investors.