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US yields trade flat after strong May manufacturing data
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US yields trade flat after strong May manufacturing data

  • "Does this (report) fall into 'maybe inflation is not going to be as transitory as the Fed thinks?' I would say 'Yes,'" Flanagan said.
  • The yield on 10-year Treasury notes was unchanged at 1.634%, well off a more than one-year high of 1.776% reached in late March.
Published 21 May, 2021 09:15pm
Yields erase earlier rise to be little changed before Fed meeting statement
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Yields erase earlier rise to be little changed before Fed meeting statement

  • Business reopenings from COVID-19-related shutdowns have accelerated this month, and investors are also pricing for higher inflation as fiscal spending increases.
  • "With the reopening process, it seems to have hit a higher gear in April," said Tom Simons, a money market economist at Jefferies in New York.
Published 28 Apr, 2021 08:31pm
South Africa's rand tumbles in broad EM slide
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South Africa's rand tumbles in broad EM slide

  • Rand was 0.54% weaker at 15.4350 per dollar, having earlier plunged to a session-low 15.5700, its weakest since Jan. 12 in a fourth straight day of losses.
  • "We continue to believe that the domestic currency will average weaker in Q2.21, around R15.40/USD, with high risks to the downside."
Updated 08 Mar, 2021 10:18pm
UK gilt yields close to biggest calendar-month rise since 2009
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UK gilt yields close to biggest calendar-month rise since 2009

  • Ten-year gilt yields rose to 0.835%, 4 basis points up on the day, after Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane warned that an inflationary "tiger" might be on the loose which could require more BoE action than markets expect.
  • Five-year gilt yields also rose to their highest since March 2020 at 0.413% and their spread over German five-year bonds widened above 93 basis points , also the widest since March 2020.
Published 26 Feb, 2021 06:27pm
US 10-yr yield rises to 1.2pc, inflation expectations build
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US 10-yr yield rises to 1.2pc, inflation expectations build

  • The $1.9 trillion stimulus package looks likely to be approved by Congress, bypassing Republican roadblocks.
  • Ten-year borrowing costs extended their rise to the highest since last March at 1.2%, while 30-year yields touched 2% for the first time since mid-February 2020 .
Published 08 Feb, 2021 05:54pm