gilts
Bonds
Government bond markets are continuing to sell off strongly this morning as investors absorb the extra $1trn of debt added to the US balance sheet by the extension of its tax cuts.
08 December 2010
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Economics
Gilt yields have spiked following the Bank of England's inflation report, which suggested the UK will see higher inflation in the near-term.
10 November 2010
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Bonds
The Federal Reserve is set to embark on a programme of measured quantitative easing next week, avoiding the ‘shock and awe' system used during the financial crisis.
27 October 2010
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Bonds
Gilt yields have spiked strongly today after the UK recorded twice the expected growth in the third quarter.
26 October 2010
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UK
The new so-called 'currency vigilantes' hit sterling hard yesterday, on a day when gilt yields dropped to a new record low.
22 October 2010
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Bonds
Pimco's Mike Amey believes Chancellor George Osborne must stick to his reduction plans outlined in the Budget despite fears the cuts could derail UK growth.
20 October 2010
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Bonds
International investors are buying record amounts of gilts on expectations of further Bank of England quantitative easing.
30 September 2010
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Investment
Baillie Gifford is re-naming and changing the objectives of two of its gilt funds.
27 September 2010
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Bonds
OMAM head of fixed income Stewart Cowley believes gilt yields will plunge to 2% by the second quarter of next year but will more than double over the next 12 months.
27 September 2010
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