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ECB's Rehn says soaring yields may curb inflation impact of expensive energy

ECB's Rehn says soaring yields may curb inflation impact of expensive energy

FRANKFURT, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Energy prices are approaching the European Central Bank's "adverse" scenario, but soaring long-term borrowing costs limit just how much of this inflation can be transmitted through to the broader economy, Finnish central bank chief Olli Rehn said on Friday.
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Price expectations and demand key in ECB's next move, Schnabel says

Price expectations and demand key in ECB's next move, Schnabel says

FRANKFURT, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should closely study a trio of domestic and global factors, which could either boost or ease price pressures, to decide if more interest rate hikes are needed, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel said on Wednesday.
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Inflation jumps across euro zone, raising pressure on ECB to hike

Inflation jumps across euro zone, raising pressure on ECB to hike

By Maria Martinez and Balazs Koranyi BERLIN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Inflation rose far quicker than expected in some of the euro zone's biggest economies this month due to the energy-price shock of the Iran war, increasing pressure on the European Central Bank to raise interest rates again.
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Euro zone factory growth accelerates again in September, PMI shows

Euro zone factory growth accelerates again in September, PMI shows

By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Factory growth in the euro zone continued its upward march in September, hitting its fastest rate in more than four years, as resilient demand drove new orders and output to multi-year highs despite the ongoing Middle East conflict, a survey showed.
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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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Global bond rout deepens, pushes US Treasury yields to 24-year peak

Global bond rout deepens, pushes US Treasury yields to 24-year peak

By Alun John, Dhara Ranasinghe, Ankur Banerjee and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss LONDON/SINGAPORE/NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Global bonds came under heavy selling pressure again on Thursday, sending borrowing costs from the United States to France and Japan to multi-decade highs and underscoring
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Global factory activity boosted by AI spending boom

Global factory activity boosted by AI spending boom

By Leika Kihara and Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU/TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Factory activity across Europe and Asia expanded last month as demand, partly boosted by the global AI spending boom, remained strong even as the energy price shock from the Iran war kept inflation elevated, surveys showed on
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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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Bonds suffer bruising September, but stocks remain resilient

Bonds suffer bruising September, but stocks remain resilient

By Danilo Masoni and Rae Wee MILAN/SINGAPORE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Global bonds inched up on Wednesday but were set for their worst month in years, hit by a mix of deteriorating government finances, a glut of debt issuance and rising inflation as the seven-month-old US-Israeli war on Iran keeps
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Dollar surges in September, leaving euro lagging

Dollar surges in September, leaving euro lagging

By Johann M Cherian and Tom Westbrook Sept 30 (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near its highest level of the year against the euro on Wednesday and was on track for its biggest monthly gain versus the single currency in 14 months, buoyed by stronger US growth and rising interest-rate expectations.
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ECB focuses on inflation, not bond spreads, Nagel says

ECB focuses on inflation, not bond spreads, Nagel says

By Marc Jones LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymaker Joachim Nagel said on Thursday the ECB's debt-buying tools are designed to safeguard price stability, not target specific sovereign bond spreads, as a selloff in French government debt fuelled speculation about possible
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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