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Bonds post worst month in years; stocks decline for September and oil gains

Bonds post worst month in years; stocks decline for September and oil gains

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Danilo Masoni NEW YORK/MILAN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Global bonds closed out their worst month in years on Wednesday, with the benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield rising on the day and posting its biggest monthly increase since 2022, while the S&P 500 registered a decline
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Global bonds gripped by fresh selling, US 10-year yield hits 24-year high

Global bonds gripped by fresh selling, US 10-year yield hits 24-year high

By Alun John, Tom Westbrook and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON/SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Global bonds were engulfed by heavy selling again on Thursday, with borrowing costs for governments from the US to France and Japan surging to levels not seen in decades and stocks shaken as the turmoil began to
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US Treasury yields hit 24-year high as global bond selloff deepens

US Treasury yields hit 24-year high as global bond selloff deepens

By Alun John, Dhara Ranasinghe and Ankur Banerjee LONDON/SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Global bonds were engulfed by heavy selling again on Thursday sending borrowing costs from the US to France and Japan surging to levels not seen in decades in a warning to policymakers.
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Fed's Kashkari says central bank must lower inflation pressures

Fed's Kashkari says central bank must lower inflation pressures

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said on Wednesday that he expects the central bank to raise rates again depending on how the economy performs, amid a very necessary effort to bring inflation back to target.
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S&P 500, Nasdaq climb as soft inflation dampens Fed rate hike expectations

S&P 500, Nasdaq climb as soft inflation dampens Fed rate hike expectations

By Chuck Mikolajczak and Shashwat Chauhan NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq climbed on Wednesday, putting both on track to close out September with monthly gains, as a softer-than-anticipated inflation reading cooled expectations that Federal Reserve policy makers would hike rates
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Instant View: Bond markets take a drubbing again, 10-year Treasury yields highest since 2002

Instant View: Bond markets take a drubbing again, 10-year Treasury yields highest since 2002

LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Borrowing costs from the US to France, Britain and Japan hit their highest in decades on Thursday, squeezing already pressured government finances, and threatening stocks, credit and other global assets.
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Explainer-Why are world bond markets selling off again?

Explainer-Why are world bond markets selling off again?

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Harry Robertson LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Government borrowing costs from the United States to Germany and Japan have hit fresh multi-decade peaks on heightened worries about inflation and rising interest rates, along with nagging anxiety about nations' debt loads.
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Goldman Sachs pushes Fed rate hike forecast to December

Goldman Sachs pushes Fed rate hike forecast to December

Oct 1 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs pushed its forecast for the next US interest rate hike to December after a softer-than-anticipated inflation reading cooled expectations the Federal Reserve would hike rates again in October. The brokerage had previously forecast a 25-basis-point increase in October.
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Battered bond market braces for a new era of interest rates

Battered bond market braces for a new era of interest rates

By Dhara Ranasinghe, Sophie Kiderlin and Naomi Rovnick LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The world's biggest sovereign bond markets are heading for their worst month in years as soaring energy costs fan inflation and the AI boom lifts economic growth, leaving investors positioning for an era where
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ECB's Lagarde sticking to measured steps to quell inflation

ECB's Lagarde sticking to measured steps to quell inflation

FRANKFURT, Sept 28 (Reuters) - This year's inflation surge has yet to generate dangerous second-round effects across the euro zone, so a moderate policy response from the European Central Bank remains appropriate, ECB chief Christine Lagarde said on Monday.
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Morning Bid: Existential risks

Morning Bid: Existential risks

By Mike Dolan Sept 29 (Reuters) - As the bond market squeeze tightened further and dragged on equities, there was a flurry of news overnight surrounding the leading lights of the artificial intelligence boom.
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Measured ECB hikes to quell inflation remain appropriate, Lagarde says

Measured ECB hikes to quell inflation remain appropriate, Lagarde says

FRANKFURT, Sept 28 (Reuters) - This year's inflation has yet to generate dangerous second round effects across the euro zone, so a moderate policy response from the European Central Bank remains appropriate, ECB chief Christine Lagarde said in a speech on Monday.