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The pound was suppressed by a more buoyant dollar and gilt yields seemed to shake most of it off with disinterest. That’s all ...
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Good morning, and welcome to MoneyWeek’s live blog covering today’s big financial news: the spike in gilt yields that threatens to upend chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget just months ...
0901 GMT – The recent rise in U.K. 30-year gilt yields could be overdone, TD Securities says in a note. It refrains from reading too much into Tuesday’s weak 30-year gilt auction, after which ...
Reeves has already borrowed £50billion more than planned since the election. She made a token effort to cut spending, but ...
One-month forward Gilt rates peaked at 6.16% this week, compared to 6.25% the previous week. The 2-year/10-year United Kingdom Gilt spread closed the week at 0.304%, compared to 0.316% one week prior.
Generally, these bonds are considered low risk investments, with the Government having never yet defaulted on a coupon ...
1412 GMT – Yields on U.K. government bonds, or gilts, climb ahead of U.K. labor market data due Tuesday as markets expect an increase in the average wage growth which could dampen interest-rate ...
One month forward Gilt rates peak at 5.72% this week, compared to 5.60% the previous week. The 2-year/10-year United Kingdom Gilt spread closed the week at 0.059%, compared to 0.075% one week prior.
0759 GMT – Gilt yields are relatively steady as investors await major data releases this week including the U.K. labor market data on Tuesday, and the U.K. and U.S. inflation data on Wednesday.
The 30-year British gilt yield peaked at 5.649% at 1222 GMT, up more than 30 basis points on the day, before easing back to show a rise of around 18 bps at 5.53% at 1500 GMT. Sign up here.