Analysis: Interest Rates

Bond investors count on Canada to chart fiscal path back to normal

As Canada rolls out additional spending to support its economy during a second wave of the coronavirus, bond investors are giving Ottawa the benefit of the doubt, expecting a historic budget deficit...

U.S. bond volatility players eye 2021 inflation bump

After a decade of central bank bond buying, fund managers have begun to wonder if there is again money to be made in betting or hedging against volatility in the bond market caused by an economic...

South Korea central bank sounds upbeat on economic outlook as it holds rates

South Korea's central bank kept its key policy rate steady for a fourth straight meeting on Thursday and sounded upbeat on the economic outlook even as the country faced a third wave of coronavirus...

NZ cenbank to tighten mortgage lending as prospects for negative rates dim

New Zealand's central bank on Wednesday said it would re-impose mortgage curbs next year and work with the government on fixing a housing crisis, reinforcing views that deeper cuts to interest rates...

China Vice Premier Liu He vows zero tolerance for misconduct after recent bond defaults

China will show zero tolerance for misconduct following a recent string of bond defaults, a meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Committee chaired by vice premier Liu He said....

Stocks, bonds fall, dollar flat as Fed fears subside

Stock prices and bond yields fell in relatively light trading on Friday as investors reacted to dwindling aid for the U.S. economy and rising coronavirus infection rates....

Stocks, bonds fall, dollar flat as Fed fears subside

Stock prices and bond yields fell in relatively light trading on Friday as investors reacted to dwindling aid for the U.S. economy and rising coronavirus infection rates....

State firms from China's Shanxi can meet near-term bond repayments - official

A senior official from China's Shanxi said state-owned enterprises from the province would be able to meet repayment obligations on bonds which mature in the near term, seeking to soothe investor...

China set to sell its first negative-yielding government bond

China was set to sell its first negative-yielding government bond on Wednesday, becoming the latest to benefit from this year's plunge in interest rates in the COVID-19 pandemic....

China bond market regulator tightens debt issuance rules, bans self-financing

China's interbank bond market regulator said on Wednesday that it would tighten rules on debt issuance, including banning the practice of companies funding themselves, to protect investors' legal...

Saudi Aramco gets $8 billion with jumbo five-part bond deal

Saudi Aramco was set to raise $8 billion from a five-part bond deal on Tuesday as the world's largest oil producer seeks cash after low oil prices dented its finances. It received...

Euro zone bonds react little to recovery fund veto; Italy to sell dollar bond

Euro zone bond yields showed little reaction to Hungary and Poland's veto of the European Union's budget and recovery fund on Tuesday, while Italy was due to sell a U.S. dollar bond. ...

Euro zone government bonds stabilise after Moderna vaccine optimism

Euro zone government bond yields were steady on Monday, paring earlier gains after Moderna said its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a...

Saudi Aramco plans debt market comeback with multi-tranche bond deal

Saudi Aramco said on Monday it had hired banks for a multi-tranche U.S. dollar-denominated bond issuance, as the world's largest oil company seeks cash amid lower oil prices....

S&P 500 hits all-time closing high after earnings, oil drops on pandemic worry

Wall Street jumped on Friday as encouraging earnings stoked risk appetite and President-elect Joe Biden's COVID advisory team said it was not considering a nationwide shutdown, but oil prices slid as...

Analysis: Surprise defaults may slow global stampede into China bonds

A smattering of high-profile Chinese debt defaults this week may give bullish foreign investors pause and likely dampen the debt sales outlook, bankers and analysts said, as a bond market selloff...

BOJ counters view new lending scheme may hurt its control on rates

The Bank of Japan's new scheme targeting regional lenders is not directly tied to monetary policy and will not erode the central bank's control over interest rates, its policymaker Seiji Adachi said...

PIMCO's Ivascyn says vaccine boosts outlook for some pandemic-hit junk bonds

Positive data on an experimental COVID-19 vaccine has improved the outlook for high-yield credit, especially for companies slammed by the coronavirus pandemic, said Dan Ivascyn, chief investment...

Nasdaq surges as investors return to tech, crude ends off highs

Tech pushed the Nasdaq to close sharply higher and oil prices extended their rally on Wednesday, as hopes of potential COVID-19 were tempered by spiking coronavirus infections and the looming threat...