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  • Bonds round-up: King's comments hammer gilts

    Thursday 15 May 2008

    Gilts tumbled following Bank of England governor Mervyn King's gloomy comments on inflation yesterday.

  • Bonds round-up: Inflation surprise perks Treasuries

    Wednesday 14 May 2008

    Inflation issues dominated proceedings in bond markets today with US treasuries turning higher, and European and UK bonds reducing losses, after US consumer prices rose less than expected in April.

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    Tuesday 13 May 2008

    Gilts slipped sharply lower as data showed that consumer inflation jumped in April, which could make it harder for the Bank of England to cut rates any time soon.

  • Bonds round-up: Producer prices hit UK rate cut hopes

    Monday 12 May 2008

    Hopes of a cut in UK interest rates next month were dealt a blow today by alarming Producer Prices data.

  • Bonds round-up: Flight to safety

    Friday 09 May 2008

    Credit crunch concerns returned to haunt US equity markets, sparking a return to favour of government bonds.

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    Thursday 08 May 2008

    Gilts surged ahead despite interest rates being kept on hold as investors bet that future cuts are inevitable.

  • Bonds round-up: Bonds easier ahead of rate decisions

    Wednesday 07 May 2008

    Gilts are in retreat ahead of tomorrow’s interest rate announcement by the Bank of England as traders bet that the Bank will wait until next month to feed through its next rate cut.

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    Tuesday 06 May 2008

    Gilts surged ahead on Tuesday after the UK service sector indictor rose, raising expectations of an interest rate cut.

  • Bonds round-up: US jobs data sparks sel-off

    Friday 02 May 2008

    Sellers of government bonds were out in force today after the release of better than feared US jobs data.

  • Bonds round-up: Gilts rally

    Thursday 01 May 2008

    Gilt prices recovered in the afternoon after initially falling back on the release of the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Report, which suggest UK banks may be overestimating the scale of losses by more than half, adding this could hurt any recovery from the current financial crisis.

  • Bonds round-up: Cautiously firmer ahead of rate cut decision

    Wednesday 30 Apr 2008

    Government bond prices moved cautiously higher in expectation of the announcement of a quarter point cut in US interest rates today.

  • Bonds round-up: Housing data peps up bonds

    Tuesday 29 Apr 2008

    Gilts were in demand today on hopes that the Bank of England will cut base rates in an effort to revive the UK housing market.

  • Bonds round-up: UK rate cut hopes revived

    Monday 28 Apr 2008

    Another gloom-laden report on the UK housing market – this one from estate agent Savills – has revived hopes of a cut in UK interest rates next month, and boosted demand for gilts.

  • Bonds round-up: Sluggish GDP growth hits gilts

    Friday 25 Apr 2008

    UK growth slowed to a three-year low in the first quarter of 2008 as the credit crunch proved a drag on the financial services sector. Gilts responded by easing back, pushing the yield on the benchmark 10-year gilt one basis point higher to 4.79%.

  • Bonds round-up: Bonds slide as US data gives hope

    Thursday 24 Apr 2008

    Gilts fell back on a combination of profit taking after yesterday's Bank of England minutes and mixed UK retail sales data today.

  • Bonds round-up: Gilts rise despite rate cut doubts

    Wednesday 23 Apr 2008

    Gilts made headway today despite the release of the minutes from the last meeting of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which showed two members were opposed to the central bank’s recently announced rate cut.

  • Bonds round-up: Gilts retreat again

    Tuesday 22 Apr 2008

    The Bank of England’s aid package to the banking system continues to act as a drag on gilt prices, as investors come to terms with the idea that the Bank is likely to explore courses of action other than rate cuts to jump-start bank lending.

  • Bank of England aid package boosts gilts

    Monday 21 Apr 2008

    Gilts advanced strongly today as the market digested the Bank of England’s aid package for the banking system.

  • Bonds round-up

    Friday 18 Apr 2008

    Gilts extended losses as UK public sector borrowing for the last financial year rose while better than expected results from US bank Citigroup saw investors rush back to stocks.

  • Bonds: UK gilt auction depresses prices

    Thursday 17 Apr 2008

    UK gilt prices fell sharply today as the UK Debt Management Office announced that its issue of £2.25bn of treasury stock maturing in 2042 was covered 1.69 times by bids.

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