Alice Atkins

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Ye Xie |Alice Atkins |Masaki Kondo

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 7. Photographer: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images(Bloomberg) -- Treasuries sank for a third straight day, with long-end yields rising most amid growing cracks in the haven status of US government debt. The selloff was sharpest in notes and bonds maturing in 10 to 30 years, where losses are amplified when yields climb.

2 weeks ago | bnnbloomberg.ca | Alice Gledhill |Alice Atkins |James Hirai

Traders boosted their expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts this year as the U.S. administration’s tariffs ignite fears of a global recession, and markets increasingly are also betting on an emergency reduction. Markets priced 125 basis points of easing by year end, equivalent to five quarter-point moves, overnight interest-rate swaps showed. As of last week, just three reductions were fully priced.

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Alice Atkins |Michael Mackenzie

US Treasuries extended gains as markets took reassurance that policymakers at the Federal Reserve are still on a path toward lower interest rates. The advance on Thursday pushed yields on five-year notes below 4% for the first time since mid-March, with action in the options market indicating traders see a further drop in the next month. The two-year rate, most sensitive to changes in monetary policy, slid to 3.96% after falling as much as seven basis points on Wednesday.

1 month ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Alice Gledhill |Alice Atkins

(Bloomberg) -- The selloff in Germany’s bonds gained traction on Friday after Chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz won political backing for a debt-funded spending package for defense and infrastructure.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jan-Patrick Barnert |Sagarika Jaisinghani |Alice Atkins

(Bloomberg) -- Germany’s extraordinary spending plans are shaking up the region’s markets, powering European equities past US peers this year and reviving the euro from the brink of parity with the dollar. Most Read from BloombergChancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Germany would do “whatever it takes” — a catchphrase made famous by former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi — to defend the country and amend the constitution to exempt defense and security from limits on fiscal spending.