Analysis: Interest Rates

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 ...

Stocks rebound on Powell policy remarks, oil gains

A gauge of global equity markets rebounded in a late-session rally on Tuesday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell calmed fears of rising interest rates that have roiled bonds and helped...

Tesla : Stocks rebound on Powell policy remarks, oil gains

A gauge of global equity markets rebounded in a late-session rally on Tuesday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell calmed fears of rising interest rates that have roiled bonds and helped...

BoE's Vlieghe doubts he will ever see rates back at 5%

Bank of England policymaker Gertjan Vlieghe said on Monday that he did not expect British interest rates to return to levels common before the 2008 financial crisis during his lifetime, due partly to...

India bond yields surge, market expects more RBI intervention

Indian bond yields surged on Monday, tracking a rise in U.S. Treasury yields and as underwriters sold off bonds in the open market they were forced to buy at an auction on Friday....

Shares rise as cyclical stocks provide support; yields climb

A gauge of global equity markets snapped a three-day losing streak to inch higher on Friday as investors sold technology shares and rotated into economically sensitive cyclical stocks in anticipation...

Take Five: Bond yield rise might be the real thing

1/ YIELD JOLT Higher U.S. Treasury yields have so far done little more than jolt equity markets off record highs. That will change if real yields -- adjusted for inflation -- take off. ...

UK might need negative rates if recovery disappoints - BoE's Vlieghe

The Bank of England might need to cut interest rates below zero later this year or in 2022 if a recovery in the economy disappoints, especially if there is persistent unemployment, policymaker Gertjan...