Bonds

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned Wednesday that it is too soon to think about a pause in its inflation fight.

The ranks of traders ready to buy and sell Treasurys are shrinking. Individual trades are moving prices more.

International investors’ total holdings of Chinese government bonds and other yuan-denominated debt in mainland China dropped to the equivalent of $470 billion in September.

Soaring yields for dollar-denominated bonds have companies borrowing instead from local markets and banks.

Inflation, rising interest rates and politics spell trouble for British corporate debt.

Higher Treasury yields reflect bets that the inflation report will lead the Fed to raise interest rates more than previously anticipated.

The property titan’s financial troubles set off a chain reaction across China, causing businesses and individuals alike to suffer.

Government-bond yields rose Friday after fresh labor-market data for September showed little sign of a serious economic slowdown.

Saudi Arabia joined the small club of issuers that have borrowed for 100 years from investors, with its sovereign-wealth fund selling the ultralong debt as part of a $3 billion bond-market debut. 

The stability of Treasury bills is attracting investors weary of seesawing vehicles such as cryptocurrencies.

Mounting volatility in government bond markets is intensifying fears on Wall Street that this year’s wild swings in the world’s safest assets could further destabilize already-rocky financial markets.

A wild run for global government bonds took an unexpected turn after the Bank of England stepped in to stop a rout in the U.K. gilts market, spurring a furious rally on both sides of the Atlantic. Earlier, the 10-year Treasury yield touched 4% but fell back after the BOE action.

The moves further unsettled investors, who already must contend with tumbling stock markets and fears the Fed’s aggressive tightening will lead to a significant economic slowdown.

China’s strict Covid-19 crackdown is biting far beyond the mainland.

The overall message from the Fed caused investors to increase their forecasts for interest rates over the near term but downgrade them over the longer term.

The highly indebted Central American nation aims to mitigate fears of a debt default with the partial repurchase.

Some projects that launched when muni junk debt surged during the pandemic’s borrowing boom have struggled in a time of rising rates and slowing growth.

Regulators are moving to reverse a shift in the market for U.S. government debt away from central clearinghouses amid broader concerns about the resilience of the $24 trillion Treasury market.

The data showed that core prices rose 0.6% in August from the previous month. Economists had anticipated a 0.3% monthly increase.

Treasurys and corporate bonds have been falling simultaneously, leaving debt investors few places to hide.