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Traders see just three Fed rate cuts in 2025, starting in June
Traders on Wednesday sharply trimmed their bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was further increasing tariffs on China but pausing ...
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UK 30-year gilt yields surge to highest since 1998
British 30-year government bond yields surged to their highest since 1998 on Wednesday, catching up with a sharp overnight rise in 30-year U.S. Treasury yields driven by U.S. Presi...
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Small emerging market dollar bonds resume selloff, Pakistan drops more than 6 cents
International bonds issued by smaller, riskier, emerging economies suffered another sharp selloff on Wednesday after President Donald Trump's eye-watering 104% tariffs on China too...
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Egypt plans to issue $2 billion sukuk in 2025, finance minister to Reuters
Egypt, which is short of foreign currency, plans to issue $2 billion in Islamic bonds or sukuks in 2025 via multiple offerings and has appointed banks for the issuance, Finance Min...
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Changes to India's standing deposit facility rate since April 2022
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday lowered its key repo rate on Wednesday for a second consecutive time and changed its monetary policy stance signalling room for more cu...
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Sharp US bond selloff revives flashbacks of COVID-era 'dash-for-cash'
A violent U.S. Treasury selloff, evoking the COVID-era "dash for cash," has reignited fears of fragility in the world’s biggest bond market.
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India central bank cuts rates, changes stance to 'accommodative' as US tariffs add to growth risks
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered its key repo rate on Wednesday for a second consecutive time and changed its monetary policy stance signalling room for more cuts ahead, as ...
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RBNZ cuts rates as tariffs loom, economists expect more stimulus
New Zealand's central bank cut its benchmark rate on Wednesday, as widely expected, signalling a greater readiness to lower borrowing costs further as the economy faces headwinds f...
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Trade war pressures South Korea to cut rates faster and deeper
South Korea's central bank may be forced to bring forward or deepen interest rate cuts this year as Asia's fourth-largest economy grapples with the risk of recession due to the esc...
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US 10-year yield won't dance to Bessent's tune: McGeever
Short-term stock price moves are rarely meaningful – especially not when markets are panicking – but the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield's round-trip since President Donald Trump's 'Li...
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Traders boost bets Fed will start cutting rates in May
Traders boosted bets on Tuesday the Federal Reserve will start cutting its policy rate as soon as next month, as the White House said additional tariffs on imports from China will ...
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How Trump's policy risk is showing in Treasury bonds
The yield on the benchmark U.S. Treasury bond has fallen dramatically since President Donald Trump took office in January. But one measure of risk embedded in that number has remai...
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Sudden selloff shakes US bond market
U.S. Treasuries extended a sharp retreat on Tuesday as investors were having to sell bonds to cover losses in other assets and scrambled to unwind expectations for deep U.S. rate c...
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Japan debt deals pulled as tariffs hit deals outlook across Asia
Three Japanese companies have postponed the sale of 100 billion yen ($678.43 million) worth of yen-denominated bonds in the wake of global financial market volatility induced by U....
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Bank of Israel chief says too much global uncertainty to lower rates
The Bank of Israel left short-term interest rates unchanged for a 10th straight meeting on Monday and said there was too much global uncertainty over U.S. President Donald Trump's ...
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India swap markets signal RBI could do more than just a 25-bp rate cut this week
India's overnight indexed swap (OIS) rates have fallen in the last three sessions, signaling that besides just a quarter-point rate cut this week, the central bank could also chang...
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US high-grade bond issuance market teeters in ways not seen since the pandemic
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs brought U.S. investment-grade bond issuance to a screeching halt this week, but market stress had already been apparent over the past month as...
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Fed seen waiting until June to start rate cuts, after big job gains last month
The Federal Reserve is seen waiting until June to start cutting interest rates after a government report showed stronger than expected jobs growth last month that eased concern abo...
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