Global Bond Rout Deepens on Fear Rate Hikes Will Stoke Recession
- Price spike raising expectations of aggressive rate hikes
- BOJ stepped in twice to cap 10-year yields at 0.25% level
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The steepest global bond rout of the modern era is extending as investors dump fixed-income assets on concern that aggressive central bank policy tightening will push the global economy into a recession.
Treasuries slid on Monday and a key portion of the U.S. curve inverted for the first time since 2006. The selloff is a reaction to expectations the Federal Reserve will lead a wave of interest-rate hikes as Russia’s war in Ukraine drives inflation -- already at the fastest since the 1980s -- even higher.