Analysis: Interest Rates

South African rand slips ahead of interest rate decision

South Africa's rand slipped on Thursday ahead of an interest rate decision by the central bank. At 0736 GMT, the rand traded at 18.15 against the dollar, 0.2% weaker than its previous...

Bond Market in Wait and See Mode: Sonal Desai

Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Chief Investment Officer Sonal Desai gives her outlook of the US bond market and says it's 50/50 for the Fed to cut rates in December. She speaks with Sonali Basak...

Non-recessionary rate-cutting cycle should support credit, Pinebridge says

Asset manager PineBridge Investments said in a report that it is seeing the start of a rare non-recessionary interest rate-cutting cycle that should support performance of fixed income assets like...

Rates: Ambient skepticism

And that's three. After the White House, the Republicans won the House of Representatives and the Senate, giving the future 47th President of the United States the means to develop his policies....

Inflation worries come back to haunt bond strategists after Trump victory

Donald Trump's presidential election win has forced bond strategists to make a material change in their outlook towards higher longer-dated Treasury yields, a Reuters poll found, as the risk of a U.S....

Rates: This time, we're there

Donald Trump's election to a second term in office has propelled US stock markets to record highs, while pushing bond yields higher. So much so that the 10-year is now at a crossroads.

UK bond yields hit one-year high on US election nerves

British government bond yields hit their highest in a year on Tuesday as global investors braced for a U.S. election outcome that could return Donald Trump to the White House with plans that might...

Bond Market Says No Need for More Rate Cuts: Yardeni

Ed Yardeni, president at Yardeni Research, examines moves in the bond market which he sees as more about the US economy than the election. ...

Rates: Top in sight?

Amidst the persistent inflation that continues to grip the United States, the forthcoming election looms with a cloud of uncertainty, further complicated by a labor market that shows signs of...

Asset manager Vanguard buys gilts after budget-driven sell-off

The world's second-biggest asset manager Vanguard said on Friday it had bought UK government bonds in the wake of the new Labour government's budget, taking advantage of a sharp fall in prices. ...

BlackRock's Rieder: Not A Lot of Money to Be Made Out the Yield Curve

Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of global fixed income at BlackRock , says I find income really intriguing today, and you can build a ton of that, as he shares his views on the yield curve on...

UK's new finance minister Reeves lines up tax hikes and borrowing in first budget

Britain's new finance minister Rachel Reeves will announce what may be the biggest tax hikes in three decades on Wednesday in a bid to fix the country's sagging public services, alongside billions of...

US interest rate options price in Republican sweep, jump in volatility

Ahead of the U.S. presidential election next week, investors in interest rate options are putting on trades that will pay off if rates remain elevated, suggesting that the market is pricing in a sweep...

Sterling steady ahead of UK budget, set for first monthly fall since Sept 2023

The pound held steady on Tuesday, while sterling options rose to their highest since the start of the month, reflecting a modest degree of nervousness among traders a day before UK finance minister...

Rates: Move with the MOVE

Every stock investor worth his salt knows the index of fear: the VIX. But have you heard of the MOVE, its bond market equivalent? No ? Don't panic, here's a quick refresher.

Bond Vigilantes 'Mounting Up' Ahead of Election: Yardeni

Ed Yardeni, president at Yardeni Research, discusses the factors that have stocks in a bit of a melt up, and says the bond vigilantes are definitely mounting up in expectation of a sweep by either...

Sterling set for biggest four-week drop in a year before UK budget

The pound stayed on track for its biggest four-week decline in over a year on Friday, albeit it steady on the day, as investors cling to the dollar in choppy political and macroeconomic waters. ...

Futures under pressure as earnings loom; yields rise

U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday, as a selloff in bonds pushed Treasury yields higher, pressuring rate-sensitive stocks, while investors awaited a deluge of corporate earnings for a clearer...

Rates: Christine, Christine!

The only truly significant event of the past week was the European Central Bank's decision, once again, to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. The aim is to halt an economic downturn that is...