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Rates on short-dated US Treasury securities rose on Monday ahead of sales of new bills scheduled for later in the week. One-month and three-month T-bill yields edged up to 0.07 percent and 0.1 percent, respectively, as investors prepared for auctions of $22 billion worth of four-week and 21-day bills set for Tuesday and Wednesday. The Treasury Department on Monday auctioned a total of $49 billion of three-month and six-month bills.