Analysis: Interest Rates

Rates: Towards a major bond crisis

Behind this eye-catching headline lies a rather bleak reality. Interest rates reflect investors' uncertainty about the ability of governments to refinance themselves over the long term.

Beneath China's resilient economy, a life of pay cuts and side hustles

BEIJING -Chinese state firm employee Zhang Jinming makes up for a 24% cut to his salary by delivering food for three hours every night after work and on weekends - and hopes he can avoid awkward...

Trading Day: Bond blues mar stocks' joy

ORLANDO, Florida -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  The S&P 500 and Nasdaq leaped to new...

Equities lose earlier gains and US bond yields rise with inflation in focus

By Sinéad Carew and Alun John NEW YORK/LONDON -MSCI's global equities index lost ground on Tuesday after touching a record high, while U.S. Treasury yields hit their highest level in...

Canada back in tariff crosshairs

What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Although markets are trying to shrug off the week's U.S. tariff threats as...

New tariff drama jolts complacent markets

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu The markets got a jolt on Friday from what looked likely to be a dull summer day, when U.S. President Donald Trump...

Chinese banks stumble on Beijing's consumer lending push

BEIJING -Chinese banks are struggling to comply with new Beijing guidelines to boost consumer credit as they reel from a surge of defaults on personal loans and have a hard time finding households in...

China automakers' price war, overcapacity hurt finances

China's auto sector is reeling from overcapacity and an extended price war, raising alarm among regulators and industry executives who warn the turmoil is undermining the sector's long-term...

Trading Day: Nvidia becomes first $4 trillion stock

TRADING DAY -Making sense of the forces driving global markets Jamie is enjoying some well-deserved time off, but the Reuters markets team will still keep you up to date...

Markets becoming desensitised to Trump's tariff shifts, CGS International CEO says

SINGAPORE -Global financial markets are becoming desensitised to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff decisions, according to CGS International Securities Group Chief Executive Carol Fong. ...

Trading Day: No tariff clarity, or market movement

TRADING DAY -Making sense of the forces driving global markets Jamie is enjoying some well-deserved time off, but the Reuters markets team will still keep you up to date...

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LONDON -A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by EMEA Breaking News Markets Correspondent, Lucy Raitano. U.S. President Donald Trump has issued 14 letters to global trade...

Exclusive-Jio BlackRock to disrupt India's funds sector with low-cost strategy: sources

MUMBAI -Jio BlackRock Asset Management plans to introduce nearly a dozen equity and debt funds in India by the year-end, focusing on small-ticket investments and bypassing distributors to reduce...

Trading Day: Tariff headlines and moving deadlines

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets Jamie is enjoying some well-deserved time off, but the Reuters markets team will still keep...

Rates: Employment remains resilient

Investors had to digest a lot of statistics published over a limited number of trading days due to the US national holiday. The employment report continues to show remarkable resilience.

Calls grow for China's household sector to be bigger economic driver

BEIJING -Chinese government advisers are stepping up calls to make the household sector's contribution to broader economic growth a top priority at Beijing's upcoming five-year policy plan, as trade...

Chagrin as Trump plays three-card trick on trade

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Well, that's as clear as mud. Apparently August 1 is now the U.S. deadline for when higher tariffs will be...

Trump says US nears trade deals as tariff deadline delayed

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey -The United States is close to finalizing several trade pacts in coming days and will notify other countries of higher tariff rates by July 9, President Donald Trump said on...

Trump tax bill averts one debt crisis but makes future financial woes worse

NEW YORK -President Donald Trump's tax-cut and spending bill, which passed Congress on Thursday, averts the near-term prospect of a U.S. government default but makes America's long-term debt problems...