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This latest round of mortgage rate cuts was prompted by falling yields on government bonds across a range of terms, said TD spokeswoman Barbara Timmins in an e-mail.

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Euro zone government bond yields jumped on Thursday, kicking recent sharp falls into reverse, and the euro climbed to a six - day high.

Rates on government bonds in Germany and Switzerland fell further into negative territory after Brexit, while yields on 10 - year Treasuries dropped below 1.5 % and touched record lows.

This year's budget provides a sensitivity analysis for yields on 10 - year bonds; should interest rates fall in line with the BMO projections, the Ontario government will see estimated gains of $ 400 million next year alone.

Treasury prices cut earlier losses on Monday, pushing yields slightly lower, after stocks fell sharply, pushing investors into haven assets like government bonds.

Treasury yields retreat on Thursday by falling rates in European government bonds after eurozone inflation data came in weaker than expected.

Meanwhile, the yield on Switzerland's 50 - year government bond fell below zero for the first time on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

But long - term government bond yields fell to record lows for many euro area countries after a speech by ECB President Draghi on 21 November, which stressed that the ECB will do what is required to raise inflation and inflation expectation by adjusting the size, pace and composition of asset purchases, if the currently announced policies prove to be insufficient.

Treasury yields fall after tepid eurozone inflation data spark German bund rally European government bonds strengthened as inflation weakensTreasury yields retreat on Thursday by falling rates in European government bonds after eurozone inflation data came in weaker than expected.

U.S. government bond yields and the dollar rose, while U.S. stocks fell on Sept. 20 after the Federal Reserve signalled it still expects to increase interest rates one more time by the end of the year despite a recent bout of low inflation.

The pound fell 1 % after the announcement while yields on United Kingdom government bonds declined, aided in part by concerns expressed by the MPC that the uncertainty surrounding Brexit will continue to weigh on domestic activity, which has slowed even as global growth has accelerated.

Longer - term rates are falling too: The yield on five - year government bonds has fallen from 1.9 per cent to 1.72 per cent in the past 10 days.

Yields on 10 - year Japanese government bonds have also fallen back to be close to the lowest they have been in the past eighteen months.

In the US, yields on 10 - year Government bonds fell through most of December and January, to around 4 per cent; they had mostly been in the range of 4 1/4 — 4 1/2 per cent through the second half of 2003.

Mortgage rates generally rise and fall along with yields on Treasury notes and bonds because those government securities reflect the overall direction of interest rates.

The yield on long - term Canadian government bonds has fallen to a mere 1.8 %, but that's sky high compared to the negative yields seen in Japan and parts of Europe.

The yield on the United Kingdom's 30 - year government bond fell to 2.04 % on the same day.

Jeevan Akshay, the immediate annuity plan from Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) that provides guaranteed return of 6.75 - 7 % has been asked by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to review the return as the yield on 10 - year government bond has fallen to 6.5 %, reports TOI.