IB Interest Rate Brief - Global optimism spurs weaker bond prices

By Andrew Wilkinson
08 March 2010 @ 11:56 am EDT

Bond traders are in no mood to be the last one out of the exit today. Friday's U.S. employment report provided enough reason to start lightening the safe-haven payload of government debt, while the support from French President Sarkozy for the government of Greece was enough to spark a risk revival in equities, commodities and riskier currencies. Such a move argues against the recent bid to bonds and as such 10-year yields are higher across the board, except for those of Greece and Spain.

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