Analysis: Interest Rates

TikTok to invest $3.8 billion in Thailand data hosting project, investment board says

 ByteDance's TikTok will invest 126.8 billion baht in a data hosting service in Thailand, the country's investment board said on Wednesday. The investment was among $5 billion of...

AI panic subsides with megacap earnings on deck

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Wall Street steadied after Monday's freak out over AI-linked mega cap valuations, with Nvidia recouping some of its historic market cap loss...

US bond investors seek safety amid uncertainty about Trump policies, Fed outlook

U.S. bond investors are gearing up for increased volatility and staying defensive in their portfolios amid uncertainty about the impact of the Trump administration's policies and signs that the...

Rate: Double play

This week could be the first serious test for the markets, with successive meetings of the US and European central banks. In the meantime, we offer some additional information following on from last...

Bond Yields Are 'Quite Attractive Here': JPMorgan's Berro

Kelsey Berro, fixed income executive director at JPMorgan Asset Management, says investors don't need the Fed to be cutting rates aggressively to achieve a bullish return in bonds. ...

China 2024 fiscal revenue grows 1.3%, down from 6.4% year earlier

China's fiscal revenue in 2024 rose 1.3% year on year, narrowing from 6.4% expansion in 2023, finance ministry data showed on Friday, as a property market slump and slowing domestic demands weighed on...

Trump policies likely to raise bond market's inflation fears, top money managers say

Giant U.S. asset managers overseeing well over $20 trillion are anticipating continued price pressures because of President Donald Trump's immigration and trade policies, a scenario that will likely...

Trump switches to AI as tariffs lurk, Netflix soars

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Retaining a persistent, if uncertain, threat of new tariffs, U.S. President Donald Trump quickly switched his attention...

US fiscal path unsustainable despite improved budget forecasts, says DoubleLine

The U.S. sovereign debt profile remains on an unsustainable path with deficits likely to widen more than what has been recently projected by the Congressional Budget Office, an analyst at investment...

Rates: Who wants American debt?

The event not to be missed last week was undoubtedly the publication of the US Consumer Price Index . While the CPI came in broadly in line with expectations, it also set the world alight, triggering...

Inauguration caution cools risk-on revival

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  Signs of life being breathed back into China's economy and a strong rally on Wall Street on Friday bode well for Asian markets on Monday,...

Waller and Bessent help peg back Treasury yields

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Salvos from a Federal Reserve governor and the incoming Treasury Secretary helped nail down this week's...

Morning bid: Cautious end to week as Trump inauguration looms

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The tone in the equities markets was decidedly feeble as the week came to an end, with Chinese markets getting...

Inflation relief and bumper bank earnings

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall Street's best day of the year so far was rooted in inflation relief and a boom in bank stocks reporting bumper...

Trump Treasury pick Bessent faces Senate grilling on taxes, trade, deficits

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, vowed to maintain the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency as he prepared to face questions...

Morning bid: Inflation duo takes centre stage

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Bond investors may have drawn some comfort from the benign miss in U.S. producer price data but a duo of CPI...

Rates: A lesson to ponder

Over the past few days, the yield on British 10-year bonds, commonly known as Gilt, has risen to touch the symbolic 5% threshold. Fears about the ability to meet debt repayments against a backdrop of...

Strong economy, safe asset demand boosted US dominance in capital flows, White House says

The strength of the U.S. economic recovery post-COVID and a quest for safe-haven investments helped boost U.S. dominance of global financial flows, while manufacturing incentives led to a surge in...

El-Erian: Bond Vigilantes Are Back, But US Is Not Vulnerable

Mohamed El-Erian, Queens' College Cambridge president and Bloomberg Opinion columnist, explains why he sees the US as safe from bond vigilantes in relative terms and how the bond selloff gives the...