Global Bond Rout Deepens as Inflation Fears Trigger Rate-Hike Bets

10-year Treasury yield touches highest in a year, Japan's 30-year yield rises to a record

Global bond yields rose on Monday as fears of resurgent inflation grip financial markets.

Global bond rout deepens as inflation fears trigger rate-hike bets

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, May 18 (Reuters) - Bonds from Tokyo to New York extended losses on Monday as rising energy prices from the ongoing Middle East war fanned inflation fears and stoked investor wagers on rate hikes from global central banks. Benchmar...

Global Bond Yields Surge, Pressuring Korean Stocks

10-year U.S. Treasury note. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note, considered the representative long-term interest rate of the United States and a barometer of the global economy, has breached the psychological resistance line of the market at 4.5%. UK and Japanese government bond yields have also surged simultaneously to multi-decade highs, emerging as a new time bomb for the global economy. According to the financial investment industry o…

Global bond selloff drives yields to multi-year highs amid market turmoil

Rising bond yields could shift investment away from risk assets, impacting crypto and equities, while central banks face policy challenges. The post Global bond selloff drives yields to multi-year highs amid market turmoil appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Surging bond yields threaten stock rally as investors reprice inflation and war risk

Surging global bond yields are threatening the stock market rally as investors rapidly reprice inflation risks, geopolitical instability and mounting sovereign debt burdens. This is the warning from Nigel Green, CEO of global financial advisory deVere Group, as a sharp selloff in global bonds accelerates amid escalating Middle East tensions and renewed concerns that interest rates could remain elevated for longer than markets had expected. US Tr…

Global Bond Rout Deepens On Inflation Fears

Government bonds across major global markets, from Tokyo to New York, extended significant losses on Monday, spurred by escalating inflation fears. Rising energy prices, largely attributed to the ongoing Iran war, have fuelled investor expectations for impending interest rate hikes from central banks worldwide. This widespread sell-off saw benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields jump to 4.631%, their highest since February 2025, after climbing mo…