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German 10-year Yields Hit Fresh 8-week High on Inflation Concerns
Date: August 24, 2022
(Reuters) -Germany’s 10-year government bond yield rose to a fresh eight-week high on Wednesday as inflation fears reinforced expectations for an aggressive European Central Bank (ECB) monetary tightening path. Analysts expect the ECB to raise interest rates to tame inflation — which they forecast will stay uncomfortably high through 2023 — even if a recession...
German Bond Yields Rise After Schnabel Fuels Inflation Worries
Date: August 18, 2022
By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) -German bond yields rose on Thursday after European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel fuelled inflation concerns by saying consumer prices could still accelerate in the short term. The inflation outlook for the bloc, where prices rose more than expected to another record high in July, has failed to improve since...
Bank of England Sets Out Plans to Sell $23 Billion Corporate Bond Stockpile
Date: August 18, 2022
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England set out plans on Thursday to auction off around 200 million pounds ($241 million) of corporate bonds a week from next month, as it moves ahead with its plans to unwind its huge stimulus push of recent years. The BoE bought nearly 20 billion pounds...
Analysis-World’s Biggest Bond Markets Back in Vogue as Recession Fears Mount
Date: July 29, 2022
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – One day you’re out and the next day you’re in: the world’s battered sovereign bond markets are back in favour as global recession fears mount. Government borrowing costs from Germany to France and Australia are down sharply this month, with 10-year bond yields down around 50 basis points each...
Analysis-Debt-laden Italy Looks No Less Vulnerable as Rates Shoot Higher
Date: July 20, 2022
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) – Debt-laden Italy finds itself in markets’ crosshairs again, as the prospect of a collapse in its national unity government coincides with the European Central Bank preparing to deliver its first interest rate rise in 11 years. Like other indebted euro zone countries, Italy has spent the...
Sri Lanka to Get New President Next Week Amid Political and Economic Meltdown
Date: July 11, 2022
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s parliament will elect a new president on July 20, its speaker said on Monday, after protesters stormed the residences of the current president and prime minister, who have both offered to quit amid an economic meltdown. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had overseen a ruthless crushing...