Federal Reserve System, rates and bond yields
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Treasury securities trends are often a strong indicator of how investors think the Fed will steer the economy. And by that measure, the markets are expecting falling interest rates and decent growth.
Inflation has been persistently high in Japan in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, reversing decades of benign price pressures.
The Indian fixed income market in 2025 is navigating a complex macroeconomic landscape. While inflation has sharply declined and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has shifted to a more accommodative stance, Indian government bond yields have not fallen as much as those in other Asia- Pacific markets.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said that it would start buying short-dated government bonds to help manage market liquidity levels to ensure the central bank retains firm control over its interest rate target system.
Before President Donald Trump paused his planned country-by-country tariffs on April 9, the stock market had fallen nearly 20% in just a few weeks. But economists say that a more worrisome development may have involved the bond market. The marketplace for ...
Longer duration JGB yields also scaled new peaks, with the 20-year yield rising to its highest level since 1999. The 30-year yield reached a new record high, then moved lower after an auction for these bonds on Thursday drew the strongest demand since 2019.
China’s government bond yields are likely to fall back toward a record low next year as an uneven economic recovery puts pressure on the central bank to cut interest rates, according to HSBC Asset Management.
Rising yields and yen strength threaten to unwind the decades-old yen carry trade, sparking global deleveraging in equity and crypto markets. Market forecasts expect Japan's policy rate could reach 1.4% through three 25 basis point hikes as inflation and fiscal expansion drive tightening.