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    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Sovereign bonds
      Hedge funds rush to unwind bets against gilts

      Short positions in UK government debt this week fell to their lowest level since at least 2006

    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      The Long ViewKatie Martin
      Lessons from the LDI debacle

      The UK’s gift to the world one year ago was to give a technicolour example of what to avoid

      Kwasi Kwarteng leaves 10 Downing Street with a red folder
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      The growing fiscal drag of the BoE’s QE indemnity

      Trigger warning: central bank accounting

    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Mary McDougall
      Time to boost retail access to gilts

      Surging demand highlights wealthier investors’ unfair tax advantage

      Exterior of the Bank of England
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Banking & Savings
      NS&I increases green bonds interest rate to 5.7%

      Boost for environmental investments — but other providers offer higher rates

      A wind turbine
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Lex Populi
      Fixed income: gilty pleasures shine as bonds return for investors

      Yields have risen, but a high-interest term savings account might be an easier option

      The Bank of England
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Lex
      Gilts: linkers are stinkers for the cash-strapped UK Premium content

      Historically inflation helped governments lighten their debt burden but this time it is having the opposite effect

      Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      UK to run up highest debt interest bill in developed world

      Treasury on course to spend 10% of government revenue on bond costs this year, according to forecast by Fitch

      Montage of UK government logo on top of £5 banknote
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      Legal & General investment chief bets on UK recession

      Britain’s biggest fund manager is buying government bonds and selling stocks to prepare for downturn

      A shopper at checkout opens their wallet
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Big investors steer clear of gilts as high UK inflation lingers

      Government borrowing costs have risen well above those of other developed economies

      Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      UK plans to overturn ban on ‘naked’ short selling in gilt market

      Restrictions inherited from the EU on betting against sovereign debt have hurt liquidity, says Treasury

      The Treasury building in London
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Bargain-basement Britain

      Giving UK assets a welfare check

    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Bond bull markets: lessons from the past

      The reality is that nothing in fixed-income markets is ever risk-free

    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      UK interest rates
      Markets price in UK interest rate of 6.5% by next March

      Expectations rise sharply to anticipate highest borrowing costs since 1998

      Andrew Bailey raises his hands as he speaks at an event
    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      UK sells £4bn of debt at highest 2-year borrowing cost this century

      Yields have increased sharply as investors brace for further Bank of England interest rate rises

      Montage of the Bank of England building, £10 notes and a chart
    • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
      Gilts lose out in global bond market rally

      Stubborn inflation makes UK government debt a ‘huge outlier’

      UK bonds graphic
    • Saturday, 24 June, 2023
      Retail investors snap up gilts as yields surge ahead of UK savings rates

      Government-appointed dealer says trading volumes rose sevenfold in May compared with same month in 2022

    • Saturday, 24 June, 2023
      Q&A
      How to join gilts buyers as yields grow

      Popularity soars in government bonds maturing in the next two years

      The London Stock Exchange headquarters
    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      ExplainerUK mortgage rates
      How the bond market is driving up UK mortgage rates

      Surge in borrowing costs reflects shift in gilts and interest rate swaps

      Montage of a terrace of homes and the Bank of England’s logo
    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      BoE: plagued by gilt

      Sleeping QT

    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Toby Nangle
      Who’s afraid of the gilt market?

      Governments shouldn’t be spooked by a lobby whose financial interests are maximised when economic growth is absent

      Kwasi Kwarteng, then chancellor, delivers the mini-Budget last year
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Fund managers snap up gilts as yields soar

      Large firms turn more positive as sharp sell-off takes UK’s two-year bonds above levels seen after ‘mini’ Budget

    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      UK inflation
      UK inflation taking ‘lot longer’ than hoped to come down, says Bailey

      Gilt yields pass ‘mini’ Budget levels as former Treasury chief warns that Sunak could be facing voters during a recession

      BoE governor Andrew Bailey
    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      LexBank of England
      Bank of England: soaring gilt yields sharpen focus on forecasting errors Premium content

      BoE’s forecasts are based on announced government policy, while everyone else can use their common sense

      People walk outside the Bank of England in the City of London
    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      UK retail investors piling into gilts, says AJ Bell

      Company says fixed-income products have become much more popular

      Michael Summersgill
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