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...Balls said his funds had a larger than normal position in gilts and he was not worried about a potential borrowing splurge ahead of a general election....
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...Interest rate sensitive 2-year gilt yields nudged down 0.06 percentage points after cooler than expected UK inflation data prompted traders to raise bets on Bank of England interest rate cuts....
...Interest rate sensitive 2-year gilt yields fell 0.07 percentage points to 4.55 per cent while benchmark 10-year yields fell 0.06 percentage points to 4.05 per cent....
...Hargreaves Lansdown said its gilt trading volumes have quadrupled over the past year, with more than 25,000 of its clients now holding one of the 57 gilts available on its platform....
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...Two-year gilt yields rose 0.06 percentage points to 4.29 per cent, reflecting a fall in prices, having been flat on the day ahead of the announcement....
...Yields on UK gilts fell on Friday after a sharp drop in retail sales in December heightened investors’ concerns about the financial health of consumers and the outlook for economic growth....
...The BoE is also selling £100bn of gilts in the second year of its bond sales programme....
...Gilts go up. Gilts go down. But in financial market lingo, gilts are ‘risk-free’ sterling bonds....
...Gilts have endured a bruising new year as investors have a big rethink about the timing of Bank of England interest rate cuts this year....
...Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that a gilt auction failed one day before a national Covid-19 lockdown, which made the Treasury concerned about its ability to borrow....
...The biggest move was in UK gilts, with a rise in prices pushing benchmark yields down 0.07 percentage points to 3.96 per cent, breaching the 4 per cent threshold for the first time since May. 10-year US...
...Gilts sold off after the Bank of England announced its third consecutive interest rate pause, pushing yields higher....
...Benchmark 10-year gilt yields were down 0.04 percentage points on the day at 4.07 per cent. Sterling edged down 0.1 per cent to $1.2528....
...Gilt issuance plans for the 2024-25 financial year should take into account a reduction in demand of longer maturity gilts, “in particular from the domestic pension fund sector”, the minutes of an annual...
...Gilt yields rose on Friday after a jump in UK consumer confidence in November, raising hopes of higher spending in the festive season and dampening hopes of a cut in interest rates.Benchmark 10-year yields...
...The government’s borrowing costs have risen sharply since the March Budget when benchmark gilt yields were below 3.5 per cent....
...UK bonds rallied on Monday pushing yields on interest-rate sensitive 2-year gilts down 0.05 percentage points to 4.62 per cent, close to a five-month low....
...The yield on benchmark 10-year gilts fell 0.07 percentage points to 4.31 per cent....
...However, investors who purchased gilts in 2023 saw mixed returns....
...Following the publication of the OBR’s documents, the Debt Management Office said it would cut planned gilt issuance by £0.5bn in 2023-24, a significantly smaller decline than the consensus forecast of a...
...Gilt yields rose on Thursday after data showed business activity in the UK grew unexpectedly in November, easing expectations that the UK economy would contract in the final quarter and delaying investors...
...Gilts rallied following comments from Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, as he cautioned that the central bank should not keep rates restrictive for too long....
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