Fiscal Fears, Central Bank Policies Send Jitters Through Global Bond Market

The United States, Europe, and Japan are experiencing rising government bond yields.
Fiscal Fears, Central Bank Policies Send Jitters Through Global Bond Market
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 18, 2024. AP Photo/Richard Drew
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Government bond yields have sharply increased across almost all advanced economies, diverging from central banks’ easing policies and exacerbating indebted nations’ fiscal pressures.

When the U.S. Federal Reserve launched its rate-cutting cycle in September 2024, the consensus among market watchers was that yields would begin to ease. However, there has been a vast divergence between the central bank’s interest-rate reductions and the government bond market.
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Andrew Moran has been writing about business, economics, and finance for more than a decade. He is the author of "The War on Cash."