Analysis: Interest Rates

NIKKEI : BoJ's bond holdings edge towards the size of Japan's economy

By Leika Kihara The Bank of Japan's massive stimulus programme took the size of its government bond holdings to levels roughly 90% the size of the world's third-largest economy as of...

Macy's announces $1 billion bond offering to repay credit facility

Macy's Inc said on Tuesday it planned to raise $1.1 billion in a bond offering, backed by a first mortgage on some of its properties, to repay funds borrowed under a revolving credit facility. ...

Why bond investors are willing to bet on money-losing Pemex after oil price crash

By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Rodrigo Campos Mexico's state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos has seen investor sentiment improve in recent weeks despite sky-high debts, a slump in...

Britain in deepest downturn for centuries, scant chance of negative rates - Reuters poll

By Jonathan Cable Britain is enduring its deepest recession in centuries but the havoc wrought by the coronavirus pandemic will not be enough to push the Bank of England to adopt...

Bank of Canada governor says interest rates will probably stay low

By Kelsey Johnson Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said on Thursday that interest rates were probably going to stay low and that the damage done by the coronavirus outbreak might...

Euro jumps on Franco-German proposal for EU fund, joint debt

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed The euro jumped on Monday against the dollar and Swiss franc after Germany and France issued a call for a 500 billion-euro recovery fund for Europe and proposed to...

Dollar notches small weekly gain after weak U.S. data

By Kate Duguid The U.S. dollar rose on Friday to notch a 0.66% weekly gain as the threat of a second wave of coronavirus infections rattled investors as did a slew of bleak U.S. economic...

C$ rebounds as Wall Street mulls potential for negative rates

The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, rebounding from a near one-week low earlier in the session as investors turned more bullish ahead of comments by U.S....

Trump again urges Fed to adopt negative U.S. interest rates

President Donald Trump on Tuesday again pushed the Federal Reserve to adopt negative interest rates, even as several members of the U.S. central bank have said they do not see a need for rates - now...

Italy to give further support to companies including tax incentives, hybrid bonds - minister

Italy's government is readying new measures to support companies struggling due to the coronavirus crisis, including tax incentives and hybrid bonds, and aims to access the European Recovery Fund in...

Explainer: Fed funds futures market sees negative rates by next April

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Karen Brettell The fed funds futures market is pricing in negative U.S. interest rates next year, a scenario the Federal Reserve has said it wants to...

Dollar gains vs yen, others after U.S. jobs report

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss The U.S. dollar rose against some currencies on Friday after data showed the world's largest economy lost fewer jobs than expected last month on fallout from...

Exclusive: Boeing eyes major bond issue to raise funds

By Greg Roumeliotis and Mike Spector Boeing Co is working with investment banks on a multibillion-dollar bond-fueled financing package as it aims to shore up its balance sheet amid a...

Dollar drops as investors eye Fed meeting, month-end rebalancing

The dollar dropped against a basket of currencies on Tuesday, a day before the Federal Reserve was due to conclude its latest two-day policy meeting and as investors rebalanced portfolios ahead of the...

Mind the gap: Rising Italy yield premia put bond markets back on ECB watch

Bond markets are again testing the ECB's resolve to contain a rise in Italian borrowing costs, betting the central bank will have no choice but to unleash greater and more frequent bond-buying to...

World stocks gain on stay-at-home profits, bond yields slide

World stock markets edged higher on Thursday on surging shares of Netflix and Amazon.com as investors anticipated big earnings from the coronavirus-induced slowdowns keeping people at home, while bond...

Investors seek safety in dollar after bleak U.S. data

Investors fled riskier assets for safe-havens like the American dollar on Wednesday after U.S. data underlined fears that damage to the global economy from the coronavirus outbreak will be deep and...

Airbnb secures new $1 billion loan on top of $1 billion bond deal

Airbnb, whose home rental business is suffering as the coronavirus pandemic freezes global travel, has secured a new $1 billion loan just days after closing a $1 billion debt deal, the company said...

Bank of Nova Scotia : Canada's Big Six banks cut credit card interest rates to ease coronavirus impact

Canada's Big Six banks all said they will reduce interest rates on credit cards to provide relief to customers affected by COVID-19 pandemic.