News tagged: Interest Rates

Tag: Interest Rates

Bessent’s Bond Strategy Starts Showing Signs of Relief

Market Insights

August 26, 2026

Bessent’s Bond Strategy Starts Showing Signs of Relief

The U.S. Treasury’s intervention in the long-end bond market is beginning to show early signs of impact, although investors remain skeptical ...

Japan Inflation Keeps BOJ Under Pressure — Yen Rate-Hike Bets Build

Market Insights

August 25, 2026

Japan Inflation Keeps BOJ Under Pressure — Yen Rate-Hike Bets Build

Japan’s latest inflation signals are keeping the Bank of Japan (BOJ) firmly in focus as traders increasingly price the possibility of another...

Long-Bond Bets Surge Before US Treasury Buyback Announcement

Market Insights

August 22, 2026

Long-Bond Bets Surge Before US Treasury Buyback Announcement

A sharp increase in bullish options activity on a major long-term Treasury ETF just one day before the U.S. government announced an expansion of it...

Bitcoin Set for Biggest Weekly Rally in Years as Crypto Bulls Return

Cryptocurrency

August 21, 2026

Bitcoin Set for Biggest Weekly Rally in Years as Crypto Bulls Return

Bitcoin is powering higher, putting it on track for its strongest weekly gain in more than two years as falling U.S. bond yields, renewed instituti...

Global Bond Rout Deepens as Long-Term Borrowing Costs Hit Multi-Decade Highs

Market Insights

August 18, 2026

Global Bond Rout Deepens as Long-Term Borrowing Costs Hit Multi-Decade Highs

The global bond market is facing a fresh wave of selling as investors demand higher returns to hold long-dated government debt. The move is pushing...

Gold Rises as Dollar Weakens and Fed Rate-Hike Bets Fade

Commodities

August 17, 2026

Gold Rises as Dollar Weakens and Fed Rate-Hike Bets Fade

Gold advanced on Monday as a softer U.S. dollar and declining expectations for another Federal Reserve rate hike boosted demand for the precious me...

Dollar Slips as Fed Rate-Hike Bets Fade, Treasuries Gain

Market Update

August 17, 2026

Dollar Slips as Fed Rate-Hike Bets Fade, Treasuries Gain

The U.S. dollar came under renewed pressure Monday as investors scaled back expectations for another Federal Reserve rate hike, while Treasury pric...

Japan Signals Faster BOJ Rate Hikes as Government Backs Quicker Policy Shift

Market Insights

August 13, 2026

Japan Signals Faster BOJ Rate Hikes as Government Backs Quicker Policy Shift

Japan's government is said to be supporting a faster pace of interest-rate increases by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), potentially marking an importa...