IGOV News and Press, iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond From 06/16/20

Below are the slides from my presentation at Beyond Covid on 12th June. The whole webinar can be viewed here . The pandemic seems to me to resemble the "nuclear disaster" scenarios of my youth: hide in the bunker, then creep out when the immediate danger is over, only to find a world that i...

The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a new investment landscape in which some companies and sectors have fared better than others. Significant market dislocations have also created potential opportunities in the higher quality areas of the credit spectrum. Global credit markets have re...

Government bond market volatility subsided in May compared to the previous two months, despite a barrage of weak economic data published around the world. In the euro area, the majority of 10-year government bond mid-yields rose slightly during the month, with those for Germany registering the...

Editor's note: Originally published at tsi-blog.com on June 9, 2020. [This blog post is an excerpt from a commentary published at TSI last week] In most countries/regions, the money-supply growth rate bottomed in 2019 and by the beginning of this year was in a clear-cut upward tren...

By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist The European Union, Japan, and China propose a variety of spending initiatives to help businesses and workers Last week I wrote about the need for more fiscal stimulus in order to counteract the negative economic impact of the pand...

By Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department and Fabio M. Natalucci, Deputy Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department Much the same way COVID-19 hits people with pre-existing health conditions more strongly, so is th...

Few mainstream commentators understand the seriousness of the economic and monetary situation, from a V-shaped rapid return to normality towards a more prolonged recovery phase. The fact that a liquidity crisis developed in US money markets five months before the virus hit America has been f...

By Darren Williams COVID-19 has supplied the catalyst for a secular change in the role of central banks. Providing governments with ammunition to fight the virus is now the overriding goal, and this means keeping bond yields pinned close to zero for the foreseeable future. The Changing...

By Robin Marshall, director, fixed income research Financial conditions have barely eased in the eurozone and Japan... The ECB and Bank of Japan have pursued broader-based and upgraded QE programs since the COVID-19 shock. These are variations on "conventional QE" schemes, supplementing ...

While market volatility was much more subdued in April compared to March, 10-year government bond yields mostly declined, as central banks intervened with stimulus efforts to support economic recovery and stability. The yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury fell 7 basis points to finish the m...