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The issue comes at an opportune time — demand for safe assets is rising
Plus, Europe reconciles a gas price surge with a record UK green sovereign bond offering
Investors place £100bn of bids for 12-year government debt
Global monetary response to Covid wipes out interest rate gaps between major economies
Demand for US debt from China and Japan has kept prices high and yields low ahead of expected ‘taper’ this year
Caribbean nation on track to strike first debt restructuring with green tinge
Analysts do not widely expect the Federal Reserve to reduce bond purchases until year-end
German and Italian yields edge up on ECB modelling as traders price in chance of earlier rate rise
‘Transitory’ inflation is lingering longer than central banks expected
Ankara raised $2.3bn in a bond deal this week but many remain sceptical of Erdogan government
Upbeat reading on strength of US consumer comes ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting
Slight moderation in pace of price increases allays fears that Fed is heading for early rate rise
A fun chart to tide you over
Once-routine lifting of federal borrowing limits becomes political tool that risks sovereign default
Both Democrats and Republicans may be underestimating the trouble it might cause
ECB says it will ‘moderately’ reduce the pace of its crisis-era bond purchases
Bond sell-off exacerbated by fears about president’s increasing authoritarianism
Fed and ECB meetings could mark the beginning of the end for crisis-era monetary stimulus
Companies rush to lock in low rates after summer lull
Non-farm payroll data expected to show employers hired 725,000 people in August
Not the first time ‘bond king’ has called time on the four-decade bull market
Central bank expected to hint at lighter support for bond market but with big safety nets
Global equity markets start September in positive territory
US political stand-off piles pressure on stretched short-term government bond supply
Collateral chains are key to market liquidity, but credit conditions could tighten
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