European stocks drop as global bond sell-off continues
Stoxx Europe 600 index drops 0.5 per as Iseq also retreats
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US long-term borrowing costs touch highest level since 2004 as oil prices breach €105
Rising yields strain public finances after brutal sell-off in US Treasuries market
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Interest rates on the rise in US and euro zone while borrowing costs touch levels not seen since 2007
Irish borrowing costs hit bailout-era highs as investors up bets on rate hikes
NTMA expected to run one more bond auction this year
European shares fall as rising oil prices trigger rise in global borrowing costs
Iseq ends session down with banking stocks out of sorts
Cantor Ireland to quit as primary Government bonds dealer and close desk
Firm ‘redirecting focus’, mainly to growing wealth and asset management market
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NTMA sells €1.25bn of bonds amid market turmoil
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Bond sell-off accelerates globally as investors bet on interest rate hikes
Borrowing costs for UK rise to highest level since 2008 and Japanese yields hit highs not seen since 1990s
NTMA prepares for bond sale amid wider market turmoil
The US government bond market is in flux and threatens to spill into Europe
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Ireland stands uncomfortably close to front line if US’s $40tn indebtedness proves too much
Bond investors dismiss Trump administration’s ‘band-aid on a bullet hole’ intervention
Record US debt, persistent inflation and concerns over economy’s health are weighing on bondholders
US long-term bonds slide as Bessent intervention fails to soothe investors
Yield on 30-year Treasuries rises despite move to ‘at least double’ purchases of securities
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NTMA hits two thirds of maximum funding aim for this year with bond sale
Agency has issued €9.5 billion of benchmark bonds in 2026
Bond vultures circle British government as threat of renewed political upheaval returns
Markets fear moves to topple Keir Starmer will entail a leftward shift politically and looser spending protocols
Britain’s politics meets the bond market reality check
The UK does not set the price of its borrowing unilaterally, a lesson one Labour leadership hopeful must learn
Bond vigilantes eye Britain amid post-election turmoil
Markets fear the election result could topple Starmer heralding a shift to the left and an unravelling of fiscal approach
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Private credit faces prospect of a liquidity squeeze while worries about inflation and economic growth threaten bond markets
Tullow’s bonds wallow at 72c on dollar as Moody’s eyes ‘default’
Shares in the company have plunged 72 per cent this year
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Global bonds under pressure as 30-year Treasury yield hits 5%
A post-summer surge in government debt supply feeds nerves over debt levels
Pound falls as UK long-term borrowing costs hit highest level since 1998
Rise in gilt yields adds to pressure on chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of Budget
Luxembourg bond move by Israel takes decision out of Central Bank’s hands
Issue had become headache for Makhlouf
TD Gary Gannon files legal proceedings against Central Bank over Israeli bonds
Social Democrat seeks court order forcing bank to ban marketing and sale of the products
Like Nixon before him, Trump is weakening the dollar in a bid to correct the US’s trade deficit
Trump is attempting to bend the global economy to his will but is being hamstrung by the US’s deteriorating fiscal metrics
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