Analysis: Interest Rates

US, China tariffs both need to fall for trade talks to start, Bessent says

WASHINGTON -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that he believes that excessively high tariffs between the U.S. and China will have to come down before trade negotiations can...

US Treasury's Bessent urges IMF, World Bank to refocus on core missions

WASHINGTON -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called on the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to refocus on their core missions of macroeconomic stability and development,...

Rates: The ECB stays the course

Unsurprisingly, the European Central Bank has lowered its key interest rates amid weak growth and a tariff policy whose impact is still unclear.

Trading Day: Stocks rebound, no new Powell-bashing or trade tirades from Trump

Making sense of the forces driving global markets Jamie is away today so I'll provide a round-up of today's main market moves below. I'd love to hear from you, so please...

'For our country': China's patriots are buying the dip

Cao Mingjie had never traded stocks before Donald Trump's Liberation Day. The home designer from China's southern Guangdong province changed his mind after April 2, when the U.S....

Bank Indonesia to hold rates on April 23 as FX concerns outweigh growth risks

BENGALURU -Bank Indonesia will hold interest rates steady on Wednesday to support the under-pressure rupiah, despite growing concerns of slowing economic growth driven by U.S.-led trade policies, a...

Trump tariff worries spur record overseas demand for JGBs

The longest-dated Japanese government bonds attracted record foreign demand last month as money shifted out of U.S. debt in search of other safe havens as President Donald Trump's aggressive tariffs...

China's fiscal revenue falls 1.1% in January-March

China's fiscal revenue decline slowed in the first three months this year as Beijing works to shore up its economy while weathering the storm from mounting U.S. tariffs. Fiscal revenue...

IMF sees US-China trade grievances, welcomes India tariff cuts

WASHINGTON -International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday that the U.S. and China both have trade grievances, but the world's two largest economies needed to...

IMF sees global growth hurt by trade tensions but no recession

WASHINGTON -Rising trade tensions and sweeping shifts in the global trading system will trigger downward revisions of the International Monetary Fund's economic forecasts but no global recession is...

Rates: Is anyone in charge?

The suspense lasted most of last week before Donald Trump granted a 90-day grace period to all his trading partners - except China - which dared to retaliate. Shocking, as their English cousins would...

Japanese government bonds 'within range' as investment target, says Norinchukin's new head

TOKYO -Japanese government bonds are now a natural investment target over the medium and long term for Norinchukin Bank as the return of inflation and higher interest rates have made them more...

Trump says looking at electronics supply chain in national security tariff probe

U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday that his administration is looking at semiconductors and the electronics supply chain as part of upcoming national security tariff...

US bond funds hit by heavy outflows as recession, inflation fears mount

Investors pulled out of U.S. bond funds heavily in the week ending April 9 in a broad selloff triggered by fears of a recession and concerns that the escalating U.S.-China trade war could fuel...

Global bond funds log biggest weekly outflows in over five years

Global bond funds saw their largest weekly outflow in over five years in the week to April 9, as investors pulled back even from traditionally safer bonds amid recession fears and an escalating ...

Bond Vigilantes Hit Their Mark in Treasury Showdown

The past week in the U.S. Treasury market was a reminder of the power and influence of bond markets, as well as the potential consequences of unpredictable policy decisions.

Foreign investors dump $6.5 billion of U.S. equities in a week

Foreign investors dumped $6.5 billion of U.S. equities in the five trading sessions ending Wednesday, BofA Global Research said on Friday, as tariff induced turmoil gripped markets. ...

Global investors hunker down for volatility even as tariff pause is welcomed

LONDON -As the dust settles after a bruising week eased by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff pause, the takeaway from global investors is loud and clear: market turbulence is here to stay. ...

Ninety more days of guesswork

What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets Even compared to other market rollercoasters, the one...