UK Bonds Plunge After Traders Turbocharge Bets on BOE Hikes

  • Gilts slump at start of trading, two-year yield rises 56bps
  • Money markets pricing 165 basis points of hikes by November
WATCH: The UK government and BOE must “realign” for the gilts and pound crisis to end, according to Alphabook.Source: Bloomberg
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UK bonds plummeted after traders ramped up bets on the scale of interest-rate hikes by the Bank of England.