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Global bonds rally as fresh trade tensions send investors flocking to safety
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Bond yields reflect borrowing costs for the governments who issue them, but can have an effect on mortgage rates, investment returns, the wider economy and personal borrowing. Certain markets have their own domestic issues at play. An uptick in unemployment in the U.K., […]
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Who is Sanae Takaichi? The first woman set to helm the Japanese government
Sanae Takaichi listens to a question after visiting the Yasukuni shrine to honour the war dead durig the shrine’s spring festival in Tokyo on April 23, 2015. Toshifumi Kitamura | Afp | Getty Images Having won the presidency of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Sanae Takaichi is on the verge of becoming the country’s first […]
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Rollercoaster week for global bonds continues as ‘Trump put’ sparks reversals
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 09, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Global bond yields largely reversed course on Thursday as equities rebounded on a historically volatile week for markets driven by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy. […]
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Bond yields tank around the world as investors take cover amid equity rout
Global bond yields are cratering in the wake of U.S. Donald Trump’s tariff announcement last Wednesday, as investors hunt for any safe havens as stock markets plunge. The yield on Germany’s 10-year bund — the benchmark for the euro area — has dropped from 2.72% on Wednesday to 2.59% on Monday afternoon. The yield stretched […]
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Global bonds sell off as investors react to Trump’s tariffs and a German ‘paradigm shift’
Traders across the globe are monitoring updates to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policy. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Government borrowing costs rose across the globe on Thursday, with German bonds resuming the sell-off that sparked the biggest daily jump in yields since the country’s reunification 35 years ago. Bond prices and yields move in […]
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Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba asks ministers to craft economic relief package to cushion inflation impact
TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 1: Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a press conference at the prime minister’s office on October 1, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Yuichi Yamazaki | Getty Images News | Getty Images Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he has asked ministers to formulate an economic relief package to ease the […]
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Ray Dalio says the Fed faces a tough balancing act as the economy faces ‘enormous amount of debt’
Key Points As the U.S. Federal Reserve implemented its first interest rate cut since the early Covid pandemic, billionaire investor Ray Dalio flagged that the U.S. economy still faces an “enormous amount of debt.” “The challenge of the Federal Reserve is to keep interest rates high enough that they’re good for the creditor, while keeping […]
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Bank of Japan set to reduce JGB purchases, stands pat on interest rate
The Bank of Japan is largely expected to hold interest rates steady at the end of its 2-day meeting ending June 14, 2024. Seen here, the Japanese flag flying high at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Friday, […]
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Japan slipped into a technical economic downturn. The Lender of Japan has to juggle supporting the yen and fragile expansion
An editorialized picture of a falling graph against the Japanese flag. Natanael Ginting | Istock | Getty Illustrations or photos Japan’s central financial institution is envisioned to exit its damaging interest price routine this spring, even though sluggish growth will restrict its ability to ease depreciation pressure on the yen, according to a previous Lender […]
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Neglect the U.S: Execs say yet another major current market appears to be affordable and gives the ‘best’ chances
Eye-catching returns and the breadth of prospects are among the numerous explanations the U.S. has very long reigned supreme for traders. Nonetheless, according to a person strategist, a unique marketplace has substantially greater valuations correct now. “The U.S. is reasonably high-priced. In phrases of nations around the world, Japan appears to offer the best blend […]
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