Gilt yields soar to highest level since 2008: what it means for your ...
Jan 9, 2025 · Gilt yields – effectively, the interest rate the UK government pays on its debt – have skyrocketed over the last two days to their highest level since the financial crisis.
Rising gilt yields and ‘inflationary picture’ expose UK vulnerability
Jan 17, 2025 · The rise in gilt yields is set to bring more volatility to the market. As a result of the Autumn Budget increasing expectations around the extent of UK government borrowing, and …
UK gilt yields are forecast to decline in 2025 despite recent surge
Jan 16, 2025 · The team forecasts 10-year gilt yields will fall to about 4% by the end of 2025 from 4.9% (as of January 13), the highest since 2008. British bond yields, along with those of many …
Sterling and UK gilt prices tumble, pushing 10-year yield to …
Jan 8, 2025 · British government bond prices fell sharply for a second day on Wednesday, pushing 10-year yields to their highest since August 2008, while 30-year yields hit a new 26 …
Has the Budget changed the outlook for gilts? - FTAdviser
Nov 1, 2024 · Gilt yields rise and fall based on several connected factors: the first is investor expectation around the future direction of inflation and interest rates; the second is the …
News updates from January 8: UK 10-year gilt yields hit highest …
Jan 8, 2025 · The yield on the 10-year gilt on Wednesday rose to its highest level since the height of the global financial crisis as a UK bond sell-off gathered pace. The 10-year gilt yield climbed …
Britain's gilt yields spike after UK budget, reversing earlier fall ...
Oct 30, 2024 · Britain's gilt yields rose across the curve, while the premium investors demand to hold UK debt, rather than German, hit its highest since August 2023 as investors digested …
Gilts post best week since July after run of poor economic data
Jan 17, 2025 · The 10-year gilt yield fell another 0.02 percentage points to 4.66 per cent, taking its drop to 0.18 percentage points this week. Yields move inversely to prices. ... “The better news …
Gilt yields rise as UK plans to borrow more than expected - Financial Times
Nov 22, 2023 · The Debt Management Office announced it would cut gilt issuance by £500mn in the current fiscal year to £237.3bn, a much smaller reduction than £15bn expected by 13 …
Budget 2024: Gilt yields spike to 5-month high - FTAdviser
Oct 31, 2024 · Yields on UK gilts rose to their highest level in five months as uncertain investors digested Reeves’ Budget, an event that marked the largest tax increase in over thirty years.