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  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    US Treasury bonds
    Don’t stress about the trillion-dollar TGA rebuild

    Nothing to see here, says DB

    3 hours ago
  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    High yield bonds
    Resilient US junk bond market baffles investors

    Scarce supply pushes down high-yield spreads, despite worries about elevated interest rates and recession

  • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
    US Treasury bonds
    Après debt ceiling deal, le T-bill déluge

    Gird yourselves

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    The Long ViewPhilip Coggan
    Deficits can matter, sometimes

    There is plenty of scope for future governments to get into trouble

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Global inflation
    Investors expect higher interest rates as inflation pressures mount

    Markets switch from betting on economic slowdown to expecting tighter policy for longer

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    US politics & policy
    Don’t break the Treasury market while trying to save it

    Unilateral action could be disastrous

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Capital markets
    Yield-hungry investors push US money market assets to record $5.4tn

    Low-risk cash vehicles absorbed tens of billions of inflows during a season of bank turmoil

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Gilts
    UK retail investors piling into gilts, says AJ Bell

    Company says fixed-income products have become much more popular

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Sovereign bonds
    PSA: no one should care about the US credit rating

    Wake us up when it’s SD*

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Pakistan
    Pakistan pins hopes on Chinese help in debt crunch

    Islamabad expects Beijing to roll over debt repayments next month but further deadlines loom

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    US politics & policy
    US credit rating at risk for downgrade amid debt ceiling ‘brinkmanship’

    Republican Speaker tries to reassure investors they have nothing to fear as deadline for potential default approaches

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    UK inflation
    Gilt yields soar towards mini-Budget levels after inflation disappoints

    Despite fall to single figures, April’s consumer price inflation of 8.7% is significantly above BoE’s forecast

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Gilts
    Traders predict more trouble ahead for UK bond market

    Gilt yields rise after string of stronger than expected inflation data

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Sovereign bonds
    Pray for gilt traders

    Nightmare on Threadneedle Street

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    UK fund giant L&G bets on Ecuador’s Galápagos debt experiment

    Britain’s biggest asset manager buys $250mn of bonds in a sign of growing investor interest in debt-for-nature swaps

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Sovereign bonds
    T-bill debt ceiling watch

    Politicians negotiating, T-bill yields moving, someone please stop the ride we want to get off

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Investing in funds
    Big investors rush into bonds after ‘cataclysmic’ year

    Capital Group predicts $1tn will flow into debt markets in next few years as investors move to lock in higher yields

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    News in-depthSovereign bonds
    China widens foreign access to swaps after $130bn bond sell-off

    New market link-up scheme in ‘test mode’ as Chinese bond yields continue to lag behind US Treasuries

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    Sovereign bonds
    Yield on Greece sovereign debt falls to lowest level against Italy for 24 years

    Greek bond prices surge on PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s election victory

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    Sovereign bonds
    JPMorgan’s US debt default Q&A

    Sellside research as a public service

  • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
    US politics & policy
    Biden urges Republicans to ditch ‘extreme’ stance as debt talks resume

    President to meet House Speaker McCarthy on Monday as deadline to avoid default approaches

  • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
    Corporate bonds
    US companies pull forward bond deals amid debt ceiling nerves

    Investment grade bond issuance so far this month is more than double last May’s levels

  • Saturday, 20 May, 2023
    Greece
    Bets against Greek bonds hit highest level since 2014

    Investors’ nerves mount over the possibility of political paralysis after this weekend’s election

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Gillian Tett
    Why investors are going gaga for gold

    The precious metal is proving a safe bet amid growing fears of a US sovereign default

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    US politics & policy
    Congress could vote on debt ceiling bill next week, Kevin McCarthy says

    House Speaker can ‘see the path’ to reach an agreement and avoid a potential national default

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