On 26 February, the yield on the 10-year U.S. treasury note fell below that of the three-month note. This “inverted yield curve has had a sterling prediction record over a 12- to 18-month timeframe for downturns going back decades,” CNBC reported.
Tag: Bond Market
U.K. HEADING FOR “DEBT DEATH SPIRAL”
The U.K. is speeding toward a “debt death spiral,” in which the government will have to borrow more and more money to pay interest on the national debt, Ray Dalio, billionaire founder of the Bridgewater Associates hedge fund, said in a Financial Times interview.
U.S. COMPANIES JUMP BACK INTO BOND MARKET
Days after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut its interest rates, corporations are jumping into the bond market with new issues that could total more than $25 billion in value yet this month, according to data from investment banks compiled by Bloomberg.
INVESTORS WARM UP TO MILEI’S TOUGH LOVE IN ARGENTINA
Argentina’s bond market is strengthening, with some issues reaching their highest values since 2019 as chain-saw-wielding, self-described “anarcho-libertarian” president Javier Milei continues his dramatic reforms to the country’s economy.
NEW TREASURY ISSUES FLOOD AN ALREADY STRAINED BOND MARKET
The U.S. treasury borrowed another $1 trillion in this year’s third quarter, straining a bond market already reeling from a crash not seen in decades.
SPOTLIGHT: THE GREAT BOND ROUT OF ‘23
Since March 2020, government bonds with maturities of 10 years or more have dropped 46 percent in price, with the 30-year bond losing 53 percent, Yahoo Finance reported.