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Investors Increase Bets on UK Recession as Rate Hikes Bite
Date: June 23, 2023
Investors increase bets on UK recession as rate hikes bite By Naomi Rovnick and Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) -Markets are doubling down on bets for a UK recession after the Bank of England delivered an outsized rate hike on Thursday, steering investors away from sterling and back into battered government bonds. The BoE hiked by...
The Pound, Gilts and Stocks: Likely Winners and Losers From UK Budget
Date: March 13, 2023
By Lucy Raitano, Samuel Indyk and Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s City and business lobby are clamouring for sweeteners in Wednesday’s spring budget to replace generous investment relief that is expiring just as corporation tax is due to rise. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss sealed the short-lived status of her premiership back in September...
Euro Zone Bond Yields Rise After U.S. Jobs Data
Date: December 2, 2022
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – European government bond yields rose after Friday data showed U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in November and raised wages, complicating the Federal Reserve’s intention to start slowing the pace of its interest rate hikes this month. Germany’s 10-year bund yield, the benchmark for the euro zone, rose...
Euro Zone Yields Hold Gains, Look Past ECB Loan Repayment Numbers
Date: November 18, 2022
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – Benchmark euro zone government bond yields edged up on Friday, extending the previous day’s gains on hawkish comments from central bank policymakers, and largely shrugging off news banks in the bloc will repay less-than-expected of their ECB loans. European lenders are set to repay 296 billion euros ($307.1 billion)...
Explainer-Why Is the Bank of England Selling Government Bonds?
Date: November 1, 2022
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England will pass a major milestone on Tuesday when it holds a first auction to sell some of the 875 billion pounds ($1.01 trillion) of government bonds it bought during successive quantitative easing (QE) programmes from 2009-2021. Britain’s central bank will be the first in the...
Exclusive-Greece to Borrow up to 8 Billion Euros From Bond Markets in 2023
Date: November 1, 2022
By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece plans to raise up to 8 billion euros ($7.91 billion) from debt markets in 2023 by issuing new short- and long-term issues, two government sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The country emerged from a decade-long debt crisis in 2018 and since then has relied solely on bond markets...