debt market

Bond market’s best month since 1980s sparks cross-asset rally

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Bond market’s best month since 1980s sparks cross-asset rally

In a year in which little has gone right in the US bond market, November turned out to be a month for the record books. Investors frantically bid up the price of Treasuries, agency, and mortgage debt, sparking the best month since the 1980s and igniting a powerful pan-markets rally in everything from stocks to … Read more

A gush of state bonds may upend market dynamics

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A gush of state bonds may upend market dynamics

Mumbai: Even as the sword of large-scale open market bond sales by the Reserve Bank of India hangs over the debt market, state governments in the poll season have upset bond traders’ demand-supply calculations by overshooting their stated borrowing plans. So far in October, state government bond issuances have outstripped their indicative calendar by 24%, … Read more