Analysis: Interest Rates

Bond jitters putting markets in 'completely new light', BIS says

The swift rise of borrowing costs on global bond markets over the last month could completely alter the outlook for financial markets, according to the central bank for the world's central banks, the...

Globals stocks slide on inflation fears, dollar gains

The Nasdaq recovered as the bond rout retreated on Friday, but most other equity markets swooned around the world as data showing a strong rebound in U.S. consumer spending kept fears of rising...

Abengoa S A : Ardagh Metal sells largest-ever green junk bond

Ardagh Metal Packaging sold $2.8 billion worth of green bonds on Friday, the biggest green issuance in the high-yield market to date, as a part of its plan to merge with a blank-check firm backed by...

Canadian dollar falls by most since October as risk appetite frays

The Canadian dollar tumbled against its broadly stronger U.S. counterpart on Friday as this week's spike in bond yields weighed on investor sentiment, with the loonie extending its pullback from a...

Bond markets left smarting from worst rout in years as reflation goes global

From the United States to Germany and Australia, government borrowing costs on Friday were set to end February with their biggest monthly rises in years as expectations for a post-pandemic ignition of...

FTSE : 100 slips as bond rout hits global equities

The export-heavy FTSE 100 fell on Friday as a broader sell-off in bonds spread to global equities, while British Airways owner IAG rose 4.2% even as it posted a loss of more than $5 billion....

Exclusive: ECB's Stournaras calls for increasing bond buying to calm markets

Greece's Yannis Stournaras became the first European Central Bank policymaker on Friday to openly call for increasing the pace of ECB bond purchases to stem a rise in borrowing costs....

Analysis: Global bond rout turns up the heat on central banks

Central banks in Asia struggled to smother a selloff in global bonds on Friday, piling pressure on their bigger peers to do more, as spooked investors sold assets to cover deepening losses and rushed...

Sterling knocked back by bond rout and inflation fears

Sterling fell against a stronger dollar on Friday, retreating from a three-year high touched earlier this week, as a rout in global bond markets sent yields flying and hurt the pound, while the Bank...

Indian rupee, bonds weaken tracking U.S. treasuries; more falls likely

The Indian rupee and bonds weakened on Friday as global markets were rocked overnight by a surge in U.S. treasury yields to their highest levels since the pandemic began....

As yields creep up, Bank of Japan's Kuroda calls for 'stably low' rates

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday stressed the need to keep interest rates stably low to protect an economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that prospects for a recovery were...

Analysis: Big moves and liquidity woes in a U.S. bond 'tantrum without the taper'

A sharp jump in U.S. Treasury yields this week has bond managers talking about a tantrum, worrying about extreme moves and pockets of poor liquidity in the $20 trillion market. ...

Wall Street ends sharply lower, tech selloff weighs as bond yields climb

Wall Street's main indexes tumbled on Thursday, with the Nasdaq index posting its largest daily percentage fall in four months, as technology-related stocks remained under pressure following a rise in...

Surging bond yields lead global equities to tumble

A jump in benchmark U.S. Treasury yields on Thursday led a gauge of global equity markets to tumble as investors sold the high-flying tech stocks that fueled Wall Street's rally to record highs and...

Oil mixed, U.S. crude hits highest since 2019 as refineries restart

Oil prices were mixed on Thursday with U.S. crude edging up to its highest close since 2019 as Texas refineries restarted production after last week's freeze, while Brent eased on worries that four...

FTSE : 100 reverses course on high bond yields, Stanchart leads losses

London's FTSE 100 shed early gains to end slightly lower on Thursday, as losses in defensive sectors due to higher treasury yields outweighed gains in resource and most banking stocks....

South Korea central bank holds fire on rates, investors eye bond purchase plan

South Korea's central bank kept interest rates steady on Thursday, maintaining support for a fragile economic recovery while guarding against upward pressure on bond yields from the government's...

Global equities rise as U.S. bond yield fears ease

A gauge of global equity markets rose on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said interest rates will remain low, calming market jitters sparked by a jump in U.S. Treasury yields on...

RBI chief asks Indian markets for trust, as bonds suffer post-budget sell-off

India's central bank governor told investors on Wednesday to trust the bank to manage the government's massive borrowing programme, after the bond market suffered a sustained sell-off ...