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

      Gird yourselves

      3 hours ago
    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      The Long ViewUS budget
      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

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      US politics & policy
      ‘Welfare to work’ rules become sticking point in US debt ceiling fight

      Republicans insist on tougher requirements but progressive Democrats say they will reject any attempt to compromise

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      ExplainerUS economy
      What to expect as US nears ‘unthinkable’ debt default

      Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has warned the government may run out of cash as early as June 1

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