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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda took the helm in April

Bank of Japan to allow 'greater flexibility' on bonds

The Bank of Japan has today eased its grip on its ultra-loose monetary policy in a small step towards normalisation as inflation accelerates and the yen comes under pressure against other major currencies.

Business • 28 Jul 23

Government bond yields have soared on the 19-country currency bloc's periphery since the ECB unveiled plans last Thursday to raise interest rates in July and September

ECB to devise tool to help indebted euro zone members

The European Central Bank will skew reinvestments of maturing debt to help more indebted members and will devise a new instrument to stop fragmentation, it said today, seeking to temper a market rout that has fanned fears a new debt crisis.

Business • 15 Jun 22

Investors are bracing for the outcome of central banks' policy meetings due this week

Yield on Irish 10-year Govt debt breaches 1% mark

Ireland's 10-year Government bond yield rate has risen above 1% for the first time since January 2019.

Business • 14 Mar 22

Professor Philip Lane is the European Central Bank's chief economist

ECB wants to keep yields in check while economy heals

The European Central Bank is aiming to stop bond yields from rising before the pandemic-hit euro zone economy is ready to digest higher borrowing costs, the ECB's chief economist Philip Lane said today.

Business • 16 Mar 21

Short-dated Greek government bond yields hit 3.25% at one stage, close to its lowest since 2009, a level hit earlier this month

Greek government bond yields dip after Fitch upgrade

Greek government bond yields have dipped after Fitch became the second ratings agency to upgrade it to "Single B" status, marking another milestone in the debt-laden state's slow journey away from default territory.

Business • 21 Aug 17

Italy's ten-year government bond yield has risen about 21 basis points this year to around 1.81%, while Portuguese equivalents have soared about 123 bps to around 3.75%

Italian, Portuguese bond yields on track to rise

Italian and Portuguese government bond yields are on track to end 2016 with their first yearly rise since the 2011 euro zone debt crisis.

Business • 30 Dec 16

Investors are betting that the ECB will expand its asset buying to include sovereign debt

ECB comments push euro zone yields to new lows

Euro zone bond yields fell to new record lows today, as financial markets took comfort from the ECB President Mario Draghi's vow to lift inflation from near zero by whatever means necessary.

Business • 25 Nov 14

Fitch upgrades Ireland's ratings to A- from BBB+

Rating upgrade brings Irish yields below 2%

Irish 10-year bond yields fell to a record low of 1.96% earlier today, before climbing back to 2.02%, after Fitch's upgrade on Friday night.

Business • 18 Aug 14

10 year Portuguese government bond yields surge to over 8%

Portuguese bond yields surge on political crisis

Ten-year Portuguese government bond yields rose to their highest since December 2012 today.

Business • 03 Jul 13

London's FTSE recorded a significant fall in share prices

European markets fall over US stimulus worries

European markets have fallen sharply, hit by worries over a possible end to US economic stimulus measures, with mining stocks among the worst performers.

Business • 23 May 13

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