Analysis: Interest Rates

Indonesia central bank may buy low-yielding govt bonds to support pandemic fight

Indonesia's finance minister said on Monday the government may sell low-yielding bonds to the central bank via private placement to help finance a ballooning fiscal deficit caused by spending to...

Deutsche Telekom : SoftBank to repurchase $1.9 billion of corporate bonds

By Sam Nussey Japan's SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday it will repurchase up to 200 billion yen of its domestic unsecured corporate bonds from June 30 to July 17, part of its plan to...

Bundesbank must decide on ECB bond purchases, top court judge says

The decision on whether Germany should pull out of the European Central Bank's bond-buying programme lies with the Bundesbank, a judge in Germany's highest court said in remarks published on Sunday. ...

Hitting back at German court challenge, ECB defends bond buys

European Central Bank policymakers, fending off a German court challenge to their money-printing scheme, insist that bond buys help prop up the economy and their benefits outweigh the side effects,...

Bank of England's Bailey says QE bond sales should precede rate rises

By David Milliken Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Monday that the central bank should start to sell government bonds back to the market before it raises interest rates...

Pandemic propels old-school bond traders towards an electronic future

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Saikat Chatterjee The mammoth bond market has long been the old-school bastion of the financial world, but the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a light on its future -...

As Bank of Canada quells sub-zero rates talk, next move may be a hike in 2022

By Fergal Smith Investors, looking past the COVID-19 pandemic, are betting that the Bank of Canada could be among the first major central banks to hike interest rates, signaling new...

JPMAM's Michele: Rotate out of government bonds into banks, EM

JPMorgan Asset Management will extend its fixed income holdings further out on the spectrum, handing government bonds back to central banks and rotating out of liquid names into specific sectors such...

London stocks slip as BoE slows bond purchases; AstraZeneca weighs

By Susan Mathew UK shares fell on Thursday after the Bank of England's slowed the pace of its huge bond-buying programme, while a surge in coronavirus cases in the United States and...

Bank of England slows bond purchases as it sees some recovery signs

By William Schomberg, David Milliken and Andy Bruce The Bank of England slowed the pace of its huge bond-buying programme on Thursday as it saw some signs that the British economy was...

Swiss National Bank signals need to maintain negative rates

By John Revill and Silke Koltrowitz The Swiss National Bank will keep its ultra-expansive monetary policy for some time after cutting its inflation outlook and saying it needs negative...

China won't adopt 'flood-like' stimulus nor negative rates - regulator

China's top banking regulator said on Thursday that the country will not adopt flood-like stimulus nor negative rates, warning that unprecedented easing by the Federal Reserve will dent U.S....

Bank of Canada focused on stimulus, low rates to support economy

By Kelsey Johnson and Steve Scherer Tiff Macklem, in his first public appearance as governor of the Bank of Canada, said on Tuesday the bank remains focused on using its policy tools,...

London stocks jump on global stimulus hopes

UK shares posted their best session in a month on Tuesday as hopes of more global stimulus and a record rise in U.S. retail sales eased worries that recovery from a pandemic-induced slump would take a...

Swiss National Bank expected to maintain negative rates

The Swiss National Bank is likely to keep its policy interest rate at minus 0.75% until the end of 2021 at least, according to economists polled by Reuters. All 34 analysts surveyed June...

Indonesia central bank seen cutting rates for third time this year as economy shrinks - Reuters poll

Indonesia's central bank is expected to make its third rate cut this year on Thursday to step up its support for Southeast Asia's largest economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Reuters poll showed...

Norway central bank seen keeping rates at zero percent

Norway's central bank is expected to leave its key interest rate unchanged this week at a record low 0%, after three cuts earlier in the year to combat the impact from the coronavirus pandemic, a...

Nigeria sells 162.6 bln naira of Islamic bonds - debt office

Nigeria has raised 162.56 billion naira to help finance infrastructure projects through the sale of Islamic bonds to local funds and insurance companies, the Debt Management Office said. ...

Taiwan central bank likely to cut rates again as virus knocks growth - Reuters poll

Taiwan's central bank is expected to cut its policy rate for the second time this year to reduce the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its export-reliant economy. The cut would...