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Tuesday, 30 November, 2021

Friday, 26 November, 2021

Capital markets

New coronavirus variant shakes investors out of pandemic slumber

Discovery of mutated virus abruptly pulls Covid back on to market radar

Tuesday, 23 November, 2021

Turkish economy

Turkish lira falls as Erdogan vows victory in ‘economic war’

Currency tumbles as much as 15% after president praises rate cut that stirred deep investor angst

Tuesday, 23 November, 2021

News in-depthUS Treasury bonds

US bond bulls hold their ground in face of red-hot inflation

Investors stick to bet that ageing population and high levels of debt will support prices

Monday, 22 November, 2021

Emerging markets

El Salvador’s ‘bitcoin bonds’ plan gets wary reception from fund managers

Investors say Nayib Bukele’s scheme could push the country further away from access to traditional debt markets

Friday, 19 November, 2021

Turkish economy

Turkish lira sinks to new low as investors warn of ‘vicious cycle’

Series of rate cuts will ‘quickly translate’ into worsening inflation, Goldman Sachs says

Friday, 19 November, 2021

Monetary policy

Lagarde and Weidmann clash over how to respond to surging inflation

Euro knocked by ECB president’s dovish comments on need to avoid ‘premature tightening’ of monetary policy

Thursday, 18 November, 2021

Currencies

Euro hit by bets ECB monetary policy will diverge from major peers

Common currency slips on expectations eurozone central bank will lag behind Fed on rate rises

Tuesday, 9 November, 2021

Central banks

Big impact for small central banks shocks global bond investors

‘Dude, you don’t matter much, so why is the BoE driving our market?’

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Friday, 5 November, 2021

Hedge funds

Central bank induced bond tumult stings big name hedge funds

Managers like Crispin Odey and Chris Rokos endure steep losses as bets on debt market backfire

Friday, 5 November, 2021

Currencies

Pound in worst week since August after BoE decision shakes up market

Concerns over central bank’s communication come as ‘negative signs’ for UK currency mount

Thursday, 4 November, 2021

Equities

Global bonds rally after BoE leaves investors ‘wrongfooted’

US and UK government debt prices jump following bank’s surprise decision to keep rates unchanged

Thursday, 4 November, 2021

UK interest rates

Bank of England backs off from immediate interest rate rise

Sterling falls 1.5% after decision confounds markets expecting tighter monetary policy

Wednesday, 3 November, 2021

Repo market

UN launches African repo market in bid to lower borrowing costs

Short-term lending facility could save governments $11bn a year in interest costs, body says

Monday, 1 November, 2021

Sovereign bonds

Italian bond sell-off signals rising angst over ECB backing of riskier debt

Gap in yield between Italian and German debt widens to levels last reached a year ago

Monday, 1 November, 2021

Sovereign bonds

Bond traders ramp up bets on ‘big shift’ in global monetary policy

Investors test central bankers’ insistence that elevated inflation will be fleeting

Sunday, 31 October, 2021

ExplainerMarket Questions

Will the Fed join a hawkish tilt among global central banks?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Friday, 29 October, 2021

Sovereign bonds

Bad bets trigger waves of tumult in short-term bond markets

Some investors have been caught off-guard by vicious moves, say analysts

Thursday, 28 October, 2021

European Central Bank

Lagarde pushes back on eurozone rate rise bets

As other central banks tighten, ECB concludes surge in inflation is temporary after ‘soul-searching’

Wednesday, 27 October, 2021

Equities

Energy stocks lead Wall Street fall from record highs

UK bonds rally most since March 2020 on expectations of lower government borrowing

Wednesday, 27 October, 2021

Bank of Canada

Bank of Canada jolts investors by signalling earlier move on rates

Government debt falls after central bank ends bond-buying programme and hints it will tighten policy

Wednesday, 27 October, 2021

Gilts

Gilt prices soar on £60bn cut to planned UK government debt sales

Yields on benchmark bond drop most since pandemic-induced ructions in March 2020

Wednesday, 27 October, 2021

FT CollectionsUK Budget autumn 2021: essential reading

Sunak sets out ‘moral’ mission to limit state and cut taxes

Chancellor makes claim despite plans for tax levels to rise to highest in more than 70 years

Monday, 25 October, 2021

News in-depthSovereign bonds

Investors show fear of central bank errors in short-term bonds

Two-year debt takes the strain in sign investors think policymakers will end up reversing rate rises

Sunday, 24 October, 2021

ExplainerMarket Questions

Will US GDP data confirm a pick-up in activity?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

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