Investors piled into fixed income in bet on falling interest rates
Key level passed after 10-year debt breached 2% barrier as markets expect further monetary easing
Wall Street stocks steady after heaviest sell-off since August
Stubborn inflation and stalling growth have driven yields back to the highs reached after October’s Budget
Some fear that Fed’s quantitative tightening programme could trigger liquidity crunch similar to 2019
Borrowing costs edge higher after rating agency warns political chaos will make it harder to cut budget deficit
Agency’s warning of weakening public finances underlines challenges facing new prime minister François Bayrou
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And China’s monetary policy stance
Chief economist Claudio Borio says governments will be ‘too late’ if they wait for investors to panic
Decisions by the world’s biggest active bond fund manager have potential to trigger valuation changes across markets
Market participants are realising that the flat, low, predictable rates over the past 15 years were an anomaly
Bond giant says euro is vulnerable to further declines amid market ‘optimism’ over impact of Trump presidency
Swap deal to buy back bonds issued in January comes as African borrowers struggle under expensive debt burdens
The biggest debt reduction scheme in history?
Markets hate uncertainty and the stakes in the current constitutional turmoil could not be higher
Smaller lenders pile into 10-year debt as they seek secure assets
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Deflation fuels ‘inexorable’ slide in China’s long-term sovereign bond yields below Japan’s for the first time
The convergence of French yields with Greece’s is a reality check
Investors fear dispute over planned tax rises and spending cuts could topple Michel Barnier’s government
Paris’s cost of borrowing relative to Germany reaches highest level since Eurozone crisis in 2012
Agreement with bondholders expected to bring two-year restructuring saga to a close
US bond yields drop as hedge fund manager nominated for top economic position
A key indicator has fallen below zero for the first time as market braces for higher German borrowing
