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Fed Chairman Highlights Possible Rate Pause After Only Two in 2019
Last week at the Dallas Fed, Chairman Jerome Powell, while generally upbeat about the U.S. economic outlook, laid out a scenario for pausing in the central bank’s trajectory of interest rate hikes sometime in 2019 by highlighting potential headwinds to the country's...
Bond Yields – Explained
A bond’s yield or return is one of the key things that investors assess when evaluating the quality of a bond investment. However, there are many ways in which bond yields are expressed, making it difficult for an investor to understand and compare the target returns...
Debut Green Bonds from The Netherlands Planned for 2019
The Netherlands is expected to be the first triple A-rated country to issue green bonds, when the sovereign completes its debut transaction next year. Government expenses of 3.5 to 5 billion euros or US$4 to US$5.8 billion could qualify as green, to be used in...
S&P Leaves Ratings of the United Kingdom and Italy Unchanged
In more sovereign ratings news, Standard and Poor's affirmed the United Kingdom's long-term foreign currency debt rating "AA" last week. The rating agency said in their statement that the negative outlook placed on the ratings reflects the risk of sustained economic...
Italy Downgraded by Moody’s to One Notch Above Junk On Bond Concerns
Moody’s Investors Service cut Italy’s credit rating by one notch to 'Baa3' from 'Baa2', with a stable outlook, one level above junk. This moves comes amid concerns about the sovereign's fiscal strength and stalled plans for structural reform, which prompted a sell-off...
Egypt Considering the Sale of Yen and Yuan Bonds Early Next Year
Egypt may issue in Japanese yen and Chinese yuan for the first time in the early part of 2019, to further diversify its funding sources and boost foreign fund inflows, according to Finance minister Mohamed Maait. The Asian bonds are planned as part of other...
Debut Temasek Retail Bonds to Offer Fixed Coupon of 2.7%
Temasek, the Singapore government-linked investment company, is selling S$200 million of 5-year bonds in its first public bond offering for retail investors. Rated Aaa by Moody's and AAA by S&P, in line with the credit ratings of Temasek, the T2023-S$ bond is to...
China to Issue Dollar Bonds Amid Trade War with the U.S.
China's Ministry of Finance plans to issue US$3 billion of 5-year, 10-year and 30-year bonds on 11 October 2018. This comes a year after the sovereign tapped the U.S. dollar bond markets for US$2 billion, after a more than 10-year hiatus. Although the Ministry of...
Bank of Japan Tapers Purchases Prompting Bonds Sell-Off
The Bank of Japan ("BOJ") trimmed its buying of bonds due in more than 25 years by 10 billion yen ($88.9 million) to 50 billion yen at its regular operation on 21 September 2018, the first reduction since July. The central bank had said in July that it will tolerate...
