Sentences with phrase «in yields on government bonds»

According to the panel's report, the restriction on investments does not permit life companies to generate a return of even 8 % in traditional policies given the drop in yields on government bonds.

The rise in yields on government bonds was particularly sharp in Japan.

Despite these gyrations in yields on government bonds, the willingness to take credit risk has not diminished.

Not exact matches

A large sell - down by Chinese authorities could spark a rise in US bond yields, in turn putting pressure on US government finances.

«But due to the low coupons prevailing, even a gradual rise in yields will result in negative returns on a wide range of government bonds over the coming quarters.»

LONDON, April 30 - Government bond yields in the euro area nudged higher on Monday as focus turned to preliminary inflation data from Germany and Italy, two of the bloc's biggest economies.

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.

Rising inflation expectations in recent months have been reflected in U.K. government bond (gilt) prices with the yield on 10 - year gilts touching its highest level since April this year at 1.509 percent in Monday's session.

Though currently bank equity investors are cheering the steepening of yield curves, meanwhile, the 2003 Japan episode should fix regulators» attention on the growing home - bias in government bonds.

Treasury yields edge lower on Thursday, with the 10 - year government bond hanging around its lowest level in about seven weeks

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

Yields on U.S. government bonds are already some of the highest in the sovereign debt markets and are attractive to non-U.S. buyers on an absolute and relative basis.

Trading across U.S. government bond maturities was range - bound on Wednesday, with yields little changed in spite of gains in the equity market in the last few sessions.

Caused by worries of a summer interest rate hike and uptick in the U.S. dollar, gold and silver both stalled in May but have since rallied on the back of Brexit and with government bond yields in freefall.

«Back in 2007, bond yields were 5 % on a 10 - year [government] bond,» Kaufman says.

European government bond and U.S. 10 - year Treasury yields are trading at their highest levels in more than two months and the U.S. 30 - year Treasury bond yield reached a high for the year on Tuesday.

The yields on 10 - year government bonds in Italy dropped to 1.56 percent and in Spain to 1.39 percent.

Which explains why yields on two - year government bonds in Canada have surged in recent weeks and are now at about parity with the U.S.

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.

While yields on government bonds remain unattractive, according to Stopford, investment - grade corporate bonds offer a modest pickup in yield — and high - yield bonds, a more significant advantage.

The reason: a surge in yields on US Ten Year Government Treasury Bonds, which hit a four - year high of 2.86 per cent.

In recent months, the yield on US corporate bonds, especially investment - grade securities, is a little more than 100 basis points compared to the yield on government debt, dropping within striking distance of the lows seen post the 2008 financial crisis.

For a number of years, concerns had been expressed about the underpricing of risk in a range of financial instruments and the associated search for yield as investors sought higher returns in non-standard financial products as the yield on more standard products such as government bonds was deemed to be inadequate.

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.

I thought it was interesting that on September 5 — the day after the announcement — two - year government bonds in Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, France, Austria and Ireland all had negative yields.

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.

UK government bond (gilt) yields have been on the rise in anticipation that the Bank of England (BoE) will increase rates on November 2 in response to high inflation.

But in the flurry of reports on election results, coalition governments and Spanish bond yields, the financial media has lost its grip on the commodity tra...

The changes come as yields on five - year federal government bonds rose to 2.18 % last Wednesday, the highest in nearly seven years.

Abstracting from changes in the composition of corporate bond indices, spreads between yields on government and corporate bonds have shown a small net decline over the past three months (Graph 48).

The extent to which the valuation of U.S. bonds is out of sync with the U.S. economy is best illustrated in the graph below in which the yield on the 10 - year government note is depicted against the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index.

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 200In 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 200in the range of 4 1/4 — 4 1/2 per cent through the second half of 2003.

This second trend borne from ultra-loose monetary policy has forced many investors to seek out higher - yielding alternatives including dividend stocks, which, on average, yield more than 10 - year government bonds in most major developed markets, including Canada (see chart below).

At the same time, the recent drop in oil prices and ultra-low yields on U.S and foreign government bonds may be signaling slower growth abroad.

The US Fed indicated further moves would be dependent on global factors and oil prices — a key detail signifying that future rate hikes seem likely to develop on a slower scale, causing a European government bond market rally on Thursday, sending yields lower in the region.

The change came as the yield on five - year federal government bonds rose to 2.18 %, the highest in almost seven years.

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.

In early July, the yield on 10 - year Government of Canada bonds dipped below 1 % for the first time.

The extent to which the valuation of U.S. bonds is out of sync with the U.S. economy is best illustrated in the graph below in which the yield on the 10 - year government note is depicted against the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index.

The impact on GDP and employment will likely hold down government bond yields and, in turn, fixed mortgage costs.

They focus on corporate investment grade bonds denominated in dollars, euros, pounds or yen, but also consider government and high - yield corporate bonds worldwide.

Mihir Worah, PIMCO's CIO of asset allocation and real return, discusses what kind of government bonds look most attractive and where the firm is concentrating investments on the yield curve in 2018.

The change comes as the yield on five - year federal government bonds rose to 2.18 per cent Wednesday, the highest in almost seven years.

The U.S. government sold $ 12 billion worth of 30 - year Treasury bonds for a 2.172 % yield on July 13, 2016, breaking the previous record of 2.43 % set in January 2015.

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.

Royal Bank of Canada is raising the posted rates on some of its fixed - rate mortgages, becoming the second big bank this week to make adjustments following sharp increases in government bond yields.

The present environment is characterized by unusually overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions, with rising 10 - year Treasury bond yields, heavy insider selling, valuations on «forward earnings» appearing reasonable only because profit margins are more than 70 % above historical norms (fully explained by the negative sum of government and personal savings as a share of GDP), with the S&P 500 at a 4 - year market high, in a mature market advance, with lagging employment indicators still positive but more than half of all OECD countries already in GDP contraction, Europe in recession, Britain on the cusp, and the EU imposing massive losses on depositors in order to protect lenders in an unstable banking system where Cyprus is the iceberg's tip.

Yet here's how the yield on Government of Canada bonds changed in the three years since his gloomy prediction: