Analysis: Interest Rates

US fiscal path unsustainable despite improved budget forecasts, says DoubleLine

The U.S. sovereign debt profile remains on an unsustainable path with deficits likely to widen more than what has been recently projected by the Congressional Budget Office, an analyst at investment...

Rates: Who wants American debt?

The event not to be missed last week was undoubtedly the publication of the US Consumer Price Index . While the CPI came in broadly in line with expectations, it also set the world alight, triggering...

Inauguration caution cools risk-on revival

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  Signs of life being breathed back into China's economy and a strong rally on Wall Street on Friday bode well for Asian markets on Monday,...

Waller and Bessent help peg back Treasury yields

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Salvos from a Federal Reserve governor and the incoming Treasury Secretary helped nail down this week's...

Morning bid: Cautious end to week as Trump inauguration looms

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The tone in the equities markets was decidedly feeble as the week came to an end, with Chinese markets getting...

US Trade Representative says China's shipbuilding sector hurts US, is actionable

The U.S. Trade Representative said its trade probe of China's dominance of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sector is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce.USTR said on Thursday...

Inflation relief and bumper bank earnings

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall Street's best day of the year so far was rooted in inflation relief and a boom in bank stocks reporting bumper...

Trump Treasury pick Bessent faces Senate grilling on taxes, trade, deficits

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, vowed to maintain the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency as he prepared to face questions...

Yellen says Trump's plan for new revenue agency won't save money for taxpayers

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plan to set up a new government agency to collect tariffs would duplicate an existing agency and was unlikely...

Morning bid: Inflation duo takes centre stage

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Bond investors may have drawn some comfort from the benign miss in U.S. producer price data but a duo of CPI...

Rates: A lesson to ponder

Over the past few days, the yield on British 10-year bonds, commonly known as Gilt, has risen to touch the symbolic 5% threshold. Fears about the ability to meet debt repayments against a backdrop of...

China has ample fiscal space to bolster growth this year

China has ample fiscal policy space and tools to support economic growth this year and it will step up spending to spur investment, Vice Finance Minister Liao Min said on Friday. More...

Strong economy, safe asset demand boosted US dominance in capital flows, White House says

The strength of the U.S. economic recovery post-COVID and a quest for safe-haven investments helped boost U.S. dominance of global financial flows, while manufacturing incentives led to a surge in...

El-Erian: Bond Vigilantes Are Back, But US Is Not Vulnerable

Mohamed El-Erian, Queens' College Cambridge president and Bloomberg Opinion columnist, explains why he sees the US as safe from bond vigilantes in relative terms and how the bond selloff gives the...

China central bank is moving faster towards its policy limits

China's central bank is expected to deploy its most aggressive monetary tactics in a decade this year as it tries to stimulate the economy and soften the blow of impending U.S. tariff hikes, but in...

Looming payrolls keep bond bears hungry

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Most stocks in Asia are down on Friday, following the lead of Wall Street futures, ahead of the all-important...

China inflation lands amid global bond turmoil

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  China's latest inflation figures are out on Thursday, and they could not be coming at a more fascinating - some might say alarming - time for...

Interest rates: A thorn in the side of equity markets

In the absence of any major announcements and in a market characterized by low volumes, bond yields are nonetheless showing their irritation at the acceleration in spending, the risks of a return to...

Global equity fund inflows drop on higher US bond yields

Demand for global equity funds shrank in the week through Jan. 1, as higher U.S. Treasury yields led to caution and investors took profits during the year-end trading lull. Data from...