Analysis: Interest Rates

Dollar surpasses two-week high as safe haven demand helps

The dollar index rose against a basket of most major currencies on Tuesday, surpassing a two-week high, while yields on U.S. Treasuries slipped as U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told...

Politically correct? Bond market steers clear of judgment calls

When Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in 2018, London-based hedge fund manager Dominic Armstrong bet investors would be turned off and the kingdom's debt would take a beating. ...

South Africa's rand falls as investors look to Fed, Yellen for bond clues

South Africa's rand weakened in early trade on Tuesday as caution prevailed ahead of a closely watched testimony by top U.S. policymakers, with investors looking out for comments on the rise of bond...

Analysis: Investors seek out 'back to the future' trades to beat inflation as bond yields rise

Widespread expectations of a coming U.S. economic boom are forcing bond fund managers to dust off their playbooks to combat a nemesis they have not had to worry about for more than a decade:...

Philippines to hold interest rates at record-low amid recovery concerns

The Philippine central bank is expected to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Thursday to maintain support for an economy facing fresh challenges after new curbs to contain a resurgence...

Global equities move higher, bonds gain as Europe COVID cases rise

Global equities gained and safe-haven assets such as U.S. Treasuries rallied on Monday as investors weighed rising coronavirus cases in Europe against a break in the recent run-up of bond yields...

Bond managers say pace of rise in U.S. bond yields "unsettling"

NEW YORK -The recent pace of the rise in yields in the U.S. Treasury market has been unsettling, according to several major bond fund managers who worry the market could be viewed as disorderly if...

U.S. yields ease from 14-month highs, oil bounces back

NEW YORK/LONDON -Benchmark U.S. bond yields edged back from 14-month highs on Friday as investors digested the Federal Reserve's move to let a key leverage exemption expire, while oil prices...

Explainer: What rising bond yields mean for markets

Yields on U.S. Treasuries have surged to their highest level in more than a year from record lows hit in 2020, as Federal Reserve commitments to hold rates near zero for years to come encouraged...

EasyJet : British Airways owner IAG raises $1.4 billion to ride out travel turmoil

British Airways owner IAG raised 1.2 billion euros in a bond issue it said would help it survive a potentially longer than expected travel downturn. ...

Asia stocks set to fall, pressured by soaring T-note yields

Asian stocks are set to open mostly lower on Friday, pressured by U.S. Treasury yields that rose to 14-month highs overnight and oil prices, which fell by their biggest one-day declines since last...

Wall St ends sharply lower, hit by bond yields and COVID-19 worries

Wall Street ended sharply lower on Thursday, with the Nasdaq tumbling 3%, hit by rising Treasury yields and fresh worries about the coronavirus pandemic in Europe....

Canadian dollar slides by most in three weeks as bond yields rise

The Canadian dollar fell against its broadly stronger U.S. counterpart on Thursday, pulling back from an earlier three-year high as oil prices tumbled and a jump in bond yields weighed on risk...

Bank of England welcomes signs of recovery, but is split over outlook

The Bank of England said Britain's economic recovery was gathering pace thanks to the speed of COVID-19 vaccinations but its policymakers were split over the prospects for longer-term improvement,...

Analysis: U.S. bond market feels like 'coiled spring' after Fed meeting

Investors are closely watching how fast U.S. Treasury yields may rise after the Federal Reserve this week reiterated its commitment to loose policies that are likely to help further boost economic...

Indonesia central bank keeps rates steady to support wobbly rupiah

Indonesia's central bank kept its key interest rate steady at a record low on Thursday, holding fire after a bout of monetary support during the pandemic, and pledged to strengthen currency...

Fed expects growth surge, inflation jump in 2021 but no rate hike

The U.S. economy is heading for its strongest growth in nearly 40 years, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, and central bank policymakers are pledging to keep their foot on the gas despite an...

Japanese firms want BOJ to keep bond yields, ETF purchases steady

Two thirds of Japanese firms expect the Bank of Japan to curb rises in long-term interest rates and keep them steady, a Reuters poll found, ahead of the central bank's review this week on how it will...

Dow Jones Industrial Average : S&P 500 and Dow end at record highs after Fed projects stronger economy

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at record highs on Wednesday after the Fed predicted a fast economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and said it would maintain its interest...