The yield on 30-year British government bonds, known as gilts, hit a fresh 26-year high on Friday as higher inflation expectations and worries about Donald Trump's imminent arrival in the White House prompted investors to sell. Ten-year gilt yields are up by ...
U.K. borrowing costs ticked higher on Tuesday, after an auction of 30-year Treasury gilts brought yields on the long-term bonds hit their highest level in almost three decades. By 2:02 p.m. London time, the yield on the 30-year gilt — a U.K. government bond — climbed 3 basis p...
Economists Ruth Gregory and Hubert de Barochez at research group Capital Economics also said U.K. gilts may be trapped in a "vicious circle," in which "the rise in U.K. yields puts a strain on public finances, therefore calling for an even bigger tightening of fiscal policy, but in tur...
The benchmark 10-year gilt yields have spiked by a quarter point this week alone to their highest since 2008, while the 30-year gilts hit its highest since 1998. However, a 0.6% slide in the pound supported the exporter-heavy FTSE 100, which was up 0.8% at a near four...
READ MORE:Bonds under pressure, stocks fall, with eyes on UK gilts, US policy Early on Monday, 30-year gilt yields hit a new post-1998 high and sterling fell to its lowest since November 2023. Asked about the market situation, Starmer told reporters his team would be "ruthless" about ...
Plan of the British chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown to include in the national budget the issuance of Gilts for maturities of up to 50 years; Decision of the Dutch State Treasury Agency to appoint ABN Amro, Credit Suisse First Boston and Fortis Bank as advisers on the 30 year ...
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The plan delivered by Kwarteng quickly led to a freezing of mortgage markets, selling of gilts by pension funds and a leap in corporate borrowing costs. It also triggered alarm in foreign capitals. "Were dysfunction in this market to continue or worsen, there would be a...
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