Germany is leading the biggest rally in global bond markets since March’s banking rout as cooling inflation and a weakening economy suggest European Central Bank rate hikes are nearing an end. Borrowing costs, or bond yields, in the benchmark euro area issuer are down at least 20 basis points (bps) this week. Alongside British and U.S. peers, yields – which move inversely to bond prices – were set for their biggest weekly declines since mid-March…
The euro held big gains on Friday after the European Central Bank expanded its stimulus more than expected to prop up an economy dealing with its worst recession since World War Two. The euro’s gains helped support appetite for riskier currencies in Asia with the Australian dollar holding gains and the Hong Kong dollar higher. The ECB increased its emergency bond purchase scheme by 600 billion euros, more than 500 billion expected by markets, to…
"Euro’s gains support Asian currencies after ECB stimulus"