Analysis: Interest Rates

China's 2024 local government land sales see 16% drop in revenue

Revenue from land sales by China's local governments dropped 16% in 2024 compared with the previous year, finance ministry data showed on Friday. The decline was 22.4% in the period from...

India's Jan business growth at 14-month low due to weaker services demand, PMI shows

India's business activity grew at the slowest pace in over a year in January, a survey showed, highlighting emerging cracks in its world-beating economic growth at start of 2025 although firms hired...

China cenbank conducts medium-term loan operation, rate unchanged

China's central bank conducted a medium-term loan operation on Friday and left the interest rate unchanged. The People's Bank of China lent 200 billion yuan worth of one-year...

Trump policies likely to raise bond market's inflation fears, top money managers say

Giant U.S. asset managers overseeing well over $20 trillion are anticipating continued price pressures because of President Donald Trump's immigration and trade policies, a scenario that will likely...

Trump switches to AI as tariffs lurk, Netflix soars

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Retaining a persistent, if uncertain, threat of new tariffs, U.S. President Donald Trump quickly switched his attention...

Sri Lanka, China agree to fast-track Sinopec's $3.7 billion refinery in Hambantota

Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the island nation has signed an agreement with China to fast-track Sinopec's proposed $3.7 billion refinery in Hambantota. China's...

Trump says he is discussing 10% tariff on China on Feb. 1

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration is discussing imposing a 10% tariff on goods imported from China on Feb. 1 because fentanyl is being sent from China to Mexico and...

US fiscal path unsustainable despite improved budget forecasts, says DoubleLine

The U.S. sovereign debt profile remains on an unsustainable path with deficits likely to widen more than what has been recently projected by the Congressional Budget Office, an analyst at investment...

France sees record demand for first syndicated bond sale since its election

LONDON -France's first syndicated government bond sale since a snap election last year unleashed turmoil in its markets saw record demand of 134 billion euros on Tuesday, a lead manager said. ...

Rates: Who wants American debt?

The event not to be missed last week was undoubtedly the publication of the US Consumer Price Index . While the CPI came in broadly in line with expectations, it also set the world alight, triggering...

Inauguration caution cools risk-on revival

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  Signs of life being breathed back into China's economy and a strong rally on Wall Street on Friday bode well for Asian markets on Monday,...

IMF says China's economic growth of 5% in 2024 was 'positive surprise'

China notified the International Monetary Fund on Thursday that its economy grew by 5% in 2024, IMF Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas told reporters, calling the development a positive...

UK borrowing cost spike evaporates, in boost for Reeves

British government bonds rallied for a third day running on Friday, all but wiping out a sharp spike in yields since the start of the year that had briefly prompted comparisons with former Prime...

Waller and Bessent help peg back Treasury yields

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Salvos from a Federal Reserve governor and the incoming Treasury Secretary helped nail down this week's...

Morning bid: Cautious end to week as Trump inauguration looms

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The tone in the equities markets was decidedly feeble as the week came to an end, with Chinese markets getting...

China's property investment drops 10.6% in 2024, sales slump 12.9%

Property investment in China fell 10.6% in 2024, after tumbling 10.4% year-on-year in the first eleven months, National Bureau of Statistics data showed on Friday. Property sales by...

US Trade Representative says China's shipbuilding sector hurts US, is actionable

The U.S. Trade Representative said its trade probe of China's dominance of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sector is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce.USTR said on Thursday...

China Vanke's CEO taken away by authorities, state media reports

China Vanke CEO Zhu Jiusheng was taken away by public securities authorities on Wednesday, state media The Economic Observer reported on Thursday, citing sources. Vanke did not...

Inflation relief and bumper bank earnings

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall Street's best day of the year so far was rooted in inflation relief and a boom in bank stocks reporting bumper...