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A torrid bond-market rally shows traders are convinced the Federal Reserve’s rate-rising cycle is over. The debate now turns to when central bankers start cutting, and by how much.

Chancellor considers deep cuts to inheritance tax in autumn statement to improve Tory polling

The central prop of the global economic recovery is under immense pressure. If it topples, interest rates may come down faster than anyone is expecting.

The world economy has been kept afloat for a quarter century by serial bubbles. Each has masked the weakness of underlying growth.

BOND investors and rates traders are increasingly betting interest-rate cuts will start by the summer, challenging policymakers’ mantra of high borrowing costs for the foreseeable future. Markets are now wagering that the Federal Reserve will cut rates for the first time in June, and will have enacted almost 100 basis…

A series of data reports and actions by policymakers have led investors to reassess their assumptions about interest rates and the economy.

Shifting views on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy trajectory are roiling the U.S. Treasury market, as investors gauge how close the central bank is to pulling back from its aggressive monetary policy tightening. Benchmark 10-year yields tumbled at the start of the week as investors reacted to the widening conflict in the Middle East and dovish comments from Fed officials, who leaned into the possibility that interest rates may not need to go higher. The volatility in Treasuries - wh...

Shifting views on the Federal Reserves monetary policy trajectory are roiling the U.S. Treasury market, as investors gauge how close the central bank is to pulling back from its aggressive monetary... -October 13, 2023 at 01:00 am EDT - MarketScreener

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