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German bonds regain footing after biggest two-day drop since 1970s
Investors were waiting for key U.S. jobs figures and were digesting yet more weak factory data from Germany, where industrial orders fell more than expected in January ...
Explainer: Why Italy's bond spread over Germany has dropped below 100 basis points
The closely-watched premium investors demand to hold Italy's 10-year bonds over Germany's fell below 100 basis points on ...
Germany's 10-year yield jumps by most in over 3 decades on spending boom
Germany's 10-year bond yield was on track for its biggest one-day jump since the country's reunification in 1990, spawned by a massive plan for spending on defense and infrastructure investments. The ...
Stocks rise as tariff reprieve lift sentiment
Asian stocks rose on Thursday as investors held out hope that trade tensions could ease after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Stocks stumble, bond selloff abates as investors take stock of US trade policy
Investors were met with some calm on Friday after a turbulent week besieged by U.S. trade policy confusion and a global rise ...
Bond fund manager on the risks of Germany's huge spending plans
While markets are reacting in a huge way to Germany's new fiscal plans, of course a German bond fund manager writing for the Bond Vigilante blog might take exception. Wolfgang Baeur, a fixed-income ma ...
Germany’s incoming Chancellor pledges to do 'whatever it takes' to boost the nation's defences and moves to lift ‘debt brake’
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz (pictured) outlined plans to exclude military spending from the country's stringent ...