Analysis: Interest Rates

Trump tariffs slam markets, stunned investors brace for slow growth, retaliation

By Sinéad Carew, Lewis Krauskopf and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON -Global investors grappled on Thursday with rising chances of an economic downturn and a sprawling trade war, as they...

India's central bank maintains FPI investment caps in govt securities, corp bonds

India's central bank on Thursday kept the investment limits unchanged for foreign portfolio investors in government and corporate bonds for the fiscal year 2025-26. The Reserve Bank of...

Kenya retracts comment on China debt talks, sowing confusion

Kenya denied on Wednesday it had discussed debt restructuring with China's finance minister after amending a reference in a social media post released in the wake of a meeting between the two...

Trouble with a capital 'T'

What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets The bigger the buildup to an event, the greater the...

Uganda's public debt stock rose nearly 18% in 2024

Uganda's total stock of public debt rose 17.8% last year as the East African nation ramped up domestic borrowing, a report released by the finance ministry on Wednesday showed. ...

India March factory activity expands at its fastest pace in eight months, PMI shows

BENGALURU - India's manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in eight months in March, rebounding from a more than one-year low due to strong domestic demand, while output inflation...

New quarter, same problems

What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets Monday's small gain in the S&P 500 did little to...

Rates: it's getting tiresome

Fluctuations in bond yields illustrate the difficulties facing investors. On the one hand, fears about growth argue in favor of easing rates. On the other, the risk of a new wave of inflation against...

Indian snack company Haldiram's attracts two more investors after Temsaek

Indian snack company Haldiram's said on Monday that it had added two new investors, Alpha Wave Global and International Holding Company , to its ongoing equity financing round, weeks after Singapore's...

Northvolt bankruptcy trustee secures agreement for scaled-down operation

Northvolt's bankruptcy trustee said on Monday it had reached an agreement in principle with key stakeholders in the electric vehicle battery maker for financial guarantees allowing the company to...

China central bank injects 800 billion yuan via outright repos in March

China's central bank has injected 800 billion yuan into its banking system during March through an outright reverse repurchase tool, the bank said on Monday. Investors have closely...

Shrinking US risk premium to divert more cash into Europe

The premium investors enjoy from holding U.S. government debt over that of Germany is set for its biggest quarterly drop in years, with tectonic fiscal policy shifts on both sides of the Atlantic...

Trade worries entrenched

What matters in U.S. and global markets today It's Friday, so today I'll provide a quick overview of what's happening in global markets and then offer you some weekend...

China Construction Bank says it launched internal financial model based on DeepSeek R1

China Construction Bank said on Friday it had completed the private deployment of a large financial model based on DeepSeek R1 earlier this year. Private deployment means for internal...

Chase for yield leads mutual funds to Indian state, corporate bonds

Indian mutual funds have ramped up investments in state and corporate bonds while selling federal government debt to take advantage of the rising yield differential, fund managers said. ...

Foreign ownership of India's global index bonds crosses 3 trillion rupees before rate cut

Foreign holdings of Indian government bonds that allow unfettered investment have risen to more than 3 trillion rupees for the first time as investors stepped up purchases ahead of an anticipated...

China accelerates government bond issuance in Q1 to highest on record

China stepped up fiscal support and accelerated the pace of government bond issuance to the highest on record in the first quarter of this year, according to Reuters calculations based on official...

China vice premier pledges more policy support, says economy started 2025 well

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang on Thursday pledged stronger policy support for the world's No.2 economy, which he said had started 2025 well and was on track to hit this year's growth target,...

RBI to seek feedback on liquidity framework next week, sources say

The Reserve Bank of India has invited select market participants for a meeting next week to discuss its liquidity management framework, days ahead of the first monetary policy decision of the...