Category: Liquidity

March 25, 2019

HONG KONG — Janet Yellen, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, said Monday that the recent triggering of a recession indicator in the U.S. bond markets could signal the need for a rate cut and not a prolonged economic […]

March 20, 2019

Corporate bonds in the U.S. have seen slow times. Companies have been issuing less debt, with investment-grade bond issuance off by 18% year over year, according to Barron’s. High-yield bond offerings are down 25%. Blame a number of factors: rising […]

March 19, 2019

Treasury yields struggled for direction on Tuesday before a Federal Reserve meeting that could show policy makers scaling back rate-hike projections amid investor skepticism the central bank can push forward with further hikes in 2019. The 10-year Treasury note yield […]

March 5, 2019

U.S. government debt prices were lower Tuesday as traders monitored U.S.-China trade developments. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to around 2.737 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond increased to 3.101 percent. Bond yields […]

March 1, 2019

U.S. Treasury prices on Friday added to losses, driving yields higher, as a rally in global stocks underscored demand for assets perceived as risky and away from havens like gold and government paper. Fixed income investors also watched for key […]

February 21, 2019

The credit of British companies is declining in quality and austerity and Brexit are largely to blame, according to David Carruthers, the head of research at Credit Benchmark, a firm which tracks corporate debt. The weakness of the pound — […]

February 6, 2019

Investors are buying into the riskiness of stocks, but they’re also buying the security of the bond market. That’s not the usual course for markets, but it has happened before. The conflicting investment trend comes after the Federal Reserve made […]

January 16, 2019

China’s central bank on Wednesday offered financial institutions $83 billion in liquidity as part of a wider economic stimulus. The move sets a record for a single day. On Tuesday, several Chinese government institutions told investors they would be spending […]

January 15, 2019

Treasury yields slid on Tuesday trading as investors await the results from the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union, which is widely expected to be defeated in Parliament, creating more uncertainty in the region The 10-year Treasury note yield […]

January 8, 2019

Goldman Sachs has rolled back its call for much higher rates in U.S. government bonds in the U.S., though it still expects a gradual climb from the current muted levels in the Treasury market. In a Tuesday note, Goldman Sachs […]