Higher Bond Yields Go Global
For wealth professionals working with bond portfolios, the episode frames the global drivers behind higher yields rather than focusing on a single market. It offers a short briefing on cross-market rate moves and the factors the speakers identify as common to them.
Summary
By the bonds & fixed income deskThis episode of Basis Points discusses the rise in global bond yields, noting that the 10-year Treasury yield reached 5.2%, a 19-year high, while 10-year yields in Japan, Germany and the UK climbed to multi-decade highs. Maggie Lucier joins Kevin Flanagan to explain the common forces behind the sell-off, including deficit spending, inflation concerns and central bank tightening, and to discuss why Japan is the market to watch.
- The 10-year Treasury yield hit a 19-year high of 5.2%.
- Japan, Germany and the UK have seen 10-year yields climb to multi-decade highs.
- The speakers cite deficit spending, inflation concerns and central bank tightening as common forces behind the global bond sell-off.
- Japan is described as the market to watch.
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