As Italian borrowing costs fell further, the closely-watched 10-year
bond yield gap over German yields tightened as much as 145 basis points the narrowest in more than a year.
Italy's 10-year
bond yield fell to a record low below 1%, two-year
bond yields fell to their lowest since May 2018 at -0.22% and Italy's 50-year
bond yield fell to a record low around 2.266%.
Third, economic uncertainty drove more money into bonds pushing
bond yields down and driving a further 'inversion' of
bond yield curves - which is when long-term
bond yields fall below short-term yields - leading to more talk of recession.
The 10-year treasury
bond yield fell below the 2-year yield for the first time since 2007, suggesting investors have less confidence in the long-term economy.
The 30-year Treasury
bond yield stood at 2.13% on Friday in the aftermath of a rally in long-term government bonds over the past few weeks.
The 2-year yield eased from 2.454% highs to 2.448% after bouncing from 2.431% lows; the 5-year yield slipped from 2.417% highs to 2.406% after jumping from 2.388% lows; the 10-year reversed from over 2.61% to 2.597% after the bounce from 2.585%; and the 30-year
bond yield stalled at 3.032%, pulled back to 3.015% after pop from 3.011% lows.
At that time, the 10-year
bond yield was 8.04 percent, which was trading higher than the earnings yield of the market, computed as the inverse of the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, at 6.4 percent.
Italy's ten-year
bond yield reached 3.6% from 3.3% on 3 October, while Spain's 10-year
bond yield reached 1.6% from 1.5% and Greece's 10-year bonds now offer a yield of 4.5% from 4.4%.
A rise in the risk-free government
bond yield increases the cost of borrowing to buy commercial property as well as lessens the present value of its future rental cash flows.
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While CPI inflation eased from high double-digit figures in 2013 to a low of 4.5 to five per cent, the current account deficit (CAD) narrowed to around 1.5 per cent of GDP from four to five per cent in 2013.In response to these macro-variables and a decisive outcome in the 2014 national elections, the benchmark 10-year government
bond yield declined by around 100 basis points (bps) in the second half of 2014 to around 7.80 per cent.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond ended higher Monday as views spread that Bank of Japan chief Haruhiko Kuroda expects a rise in the long-term
bond yield.
