Analysis: Interest Rates

State firms from China's Shanxi can meet near-term bond repayments - official

A senior official from China's Shanxi said state-owned enterprises from the province would be able to meet repayment obligations on bonds which mature in the near term, seeking to soothe investor...

China set to sell its first negative-yielding government bond

China was set to sell its first negative-yielding government bond on Wednesday, becoming the latest to benefit from this year's plunge in interest rates in the COVID-19 pandemic....

China bond market regulator tightens debt issuance rules, bans self-financing

China's interbank bond market regulator said on Wednesday that it would tighten rules on debt issuance, including banning the practice of companies funding themselves, to protect investors' legal...

Saudi Aramco gets $8 billion with jumbo five-part bond deal

Saudi Aramco was set to raise $8 billion from a five-part bond deal on Tuesday as the world's largest oil producer seeks cash after low oil prices dented its finances. It received...

Euro zone bonds react little to recovery fund veto; Italy to sell dollar bond

Euro zone bond yields showed little reaction to Hungary and Poland's veto of the European Union's budget and recovery fund on Tuesday, while Italy was due to sell a U.S. dollar bond. ...

Euro zone government bonds stabilise after Moderna vaccine optimism

Euro zone government bond yields were steady on Monday, paring earlier gains after Moderna said its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a...

Saudi Aramco plans debt market comeback with multi-tranche bond deal

Saudi Aramco said on Monday it had hired banks for a multi-tranche U.S. dollar-denominated bond issuance, as the world's largest oil company seeks cash amid lower oil prices....

S&P 500 hits all-time closing high after earnings, oil drops on pandemic worry

Wall Street jumped on Friday as encouraging earnings stoked risk appetite and President-elect Joe Biden's COVID advisory team said it was not considering a nationwide shutdown, but oil prices slid as...

Analysis: Surprise defaults may slow global stampede into China bonds

A smattering of high-profile Chinese debt defaults this week may give bullish foreign investors pause and likely dampen the debt sales outlook, bankers and analysts said, as a bond market selloff...

BOJ counters view new lending scheme may hurt its control on rates

The Bank of Japan's new scheme targeting regional lenders is not directly tied to monetary policy and will not erode the central bank's control over interest rates, its policymaker Seiji Adachi said...

PIMCO's Ivascyn says vaccine boosts outlook for some pandemic-hit junk bonds

Positive data on an experimental COVID-19 vaccine has improved the outlook for high-yield credit, especially for companies slammed by the coronavirus pandemic, said Dan Ivascyn, chief investment...

Nasdaq surges as investors return to tech, crude ends off highs

Tech pushed the Nasdaq to close sharply higher and oil prices extended their rally on Wednesday, as hopes of potential COVID-19 were tempered by spiking coronavirus infections and the looming threat...

Graphic: Foreign inflows into Asian bonds surge on higher yields and recovery hope

Foreign investors stepped up buying of Asian bonds in October, bolstered by higher yields and hopes of a faster economic recovery compared with other parts of the world....

Analysis: Bond markets should brace for tighter central bank squeeze

As the British and Australian central banks prepare to crank up their money-printing presses and the U.S. election outcome ups the pressure for more Federal Reserve action, one thing is clear --...

UK's Sunak boosts 200 billion-pound jobs rescue as BoE ramps up bond-buying

Finance minister Rishi Sunak ploughed more money into Britain's 200 billion-pound economic rescue on Thursday in a coordinated move with the Bank of England, which will buy more of the bonds being...

WRAPUP 2-UK's Sunak boosts 200 billion-pound jobs rescue as BoE ramps up bond-buying

Finance minister Rishi Sunak plowed more money into Britain's 200 billion-pound economic rescue on Thursday in a coordinated move with the Bank of England, which will buy more of the...

Bank of England said to be considering a move into negative rates - Telegraph

The Bank of England is said to be considering a move into negative interest rates, the Telegraph newspaper reported late on Wednesday, without citing any sources, ahead of the central bank's November...

Global stocks, dollar gain as unclear U.S. election thwarts Democratic sweep

The dollar rose and world equity markets rallied on Wednesday as investors bet that a progressive Blue Wave Democratic agenda of heavy fiscal spending and more regulation was unlikely as the outcome...

Malaysia central bank holds rates citing 'significant' economic improvement, flags COVID-19 risks

Malaysia's central bank kept interest rates unchanged at its last monetary policy meeting of the year as it pointed to a significant improvement in economic activity in the third quarter but said the...