Analysis: Interest Rates

US 10Y Cash : Is the US yield curve a leading indicator of a recession?

A promise is a promise. After my previous article on US rates, we will talk about the yield curve. Yes, this famous curve which is the subject of much ink and which Romain Fournier regularly talks...

US: Where is the neutral rate?

The Soccer/football World Cup is in full steam, and all staff at MarketScreener is making various kinds of predictions and other online bets. However, our favorite subject is more economic than...

Investors pour cash into equity, bond funds, dump cash - BofA

Investors poured a hefty $25.6 billion into equity funds in the week to Wednesday and $17.9 billion into bond funds, the largest inflow in 10 weeks, BofA's flow data showed on Friday....

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton : World stocks dip after new highs, dollar falls

Major global stock indexes scaled new peaks on Wednesday before shedding gains that anticipated a strong recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, while the dollar dipped to three-week lows as Treasury...

Dollar edges up as inflation data helps lift Treasury yields

The dollar edged higher against a basket of currencies on Friday, paring some of the week's losses, as a stronger-than-expected rise in U.S. and Chinese inflation gauges drove up bond yields....

ECB sees scope for cutting bonds buys after second-quarter surge

European Central Bank policymakers at their meeting last month debated a smaller increase in bond purchases and agreed to front-load the buying this quarter on condition it could be cut later if...

Global economy recovering from pandemic, higher rates would hurt -IMF steering committee

International Monetary Fund's steering committee on Thursday said the global economy is recovering faster than expected from the COVID-19 crisis, but warned that a spike in interest rates could be...

Dow Jones Industrial Average : S&P 500 sets record high, crypto market cap passes $2 trillion

A string of surprisingly robust economic data boosted investor risk appetite on Monday, which sent the S&P 500 and the Dow to all-time closing highs and boosted cryptocurrency market cap over the $2...

Apple : Big tech lifts equities as Biden rebuilding plan in focus

The dollar hit a one-year high versus the yen as technology stocks led Wall Street and a key gauge of global equities higher on Wednesday ahead of an announcement by President Joe Biden of a...

Nomura flags $2 billion loss, cancels bond issue; shares plummet

TOKYO -Nomura Holdings Inc on Monday flagged a possible $2 billion loss at a U.S. subsidiary, prompting Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank to shelve a hefty bond issuance and sending its...

Equities, oil prices surge as Suez Canal shutdown continues

Global equity benchmarks and oil prices jumped on Friday while safe havens such as the dollar and U.S. Treasuries dipped as hopes for a global economic recovery overshadowed the continued blockage of...

Dollar surpasses two-week high as safe haven demand helps

The dollar index rose against a basket of most major currencies on Tuesday, surpassing a two-week high, while yields on U.S. Treasuries slipped as U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told...

Politically correct? Bond market steers clear of judgment calls

When Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in 2018, London-based hedge fund manager Dominic Armstrong bet investors would be turned off and the kingdom's debt would take a beating. ...

Global equities move higher, bonds gain as Europe COVID cases rise

Global equities gained and safe-haven assets such as U.S. Treasuries rallied on Monday as investors weighed rising coronavirus cases in Europe against a break in the recent run-up of bond yields...

Bond managers say pace of rise in U.S. bond yields "unsettling"

NEW YORK -The recent pace of the rise in yields in the U.S. Treasury market has been unsettling, according to several major bond fund managers who worry the market could be viewed as disorderly if...

U.S. yields ease from 14-month highs, oil bounces back

NEW YORK/LONDON -Benchmark U.S. bond yields edged back from 14-month highs on Friday as investors digested the Federal Reserve's move to let a key leverage exemption expire, while oil prices...

Explainer: What rising bond yields mean for markets

Yields on U.S. Treasuries have surged to their highest level in more than a year from record lows hit in 2020, as Federal Reserve commitments to hold rates near zero for years to come encouraged...

EasyJet : British Airways owner IAG raises $1.4 billion to ride out travel turmoil

British Airways owner IAG raised 1.2 billion euros in a bond issue it said would help it survive a potentially longer than expected travel downturn. ...

Asia stocks set to fall, pressured by soaring T-note yields

Asian stocks are set to open mostly lower on Friday, pressured by U.S. Treasury yields that rose to 14-month highs overnight and oil prices, which fell by their biggest one-day declines since last...