Bonds

Fed’s Warsh lays out forces driving up bond yields

2026-09-16T22:27:30.000Z
Covered bonds issuance hit a record S$11 billion in 2025, while the outstanding market has expanded at a compound annual growth rate of 15% since 2021.
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Singapore’s covered bond boom is largely a DBS story

2026-09-15T23:00:00.000Z
The Asian notes extended their outperformance over the last month as the gap between Chinese and US benchmark yields widened to the most on record.

Junk debt from Asia is beating bonds almost everywhere in 2026

2026-09-15T08:43:17.000Z
The Treasury market has ballooned to about US$32 trillion from around US$4.5 trillion since 2007, pushing the federal debt to more than 100% of US GDP.

US 10-year Treasury yield tops 5% for first time since 2023 as inflation fears mount

2026-09-15T00:04:15.000Z
MAS noted that Singdollar issuance increased across both financial institutions and corporates, with new entrants contributing to a more diversified issuer base.

Singapore bond issuance hits record US$95 billion in 2025, up 21.8%: MAS

2026-09-14T07:04:09.000Z
Markets imply around a 76% chance the Bank of Japan will lift its cash rate by a quarter point, to 1.25 per cent, when it meets on Sep 18.

AI-linked Asian stocks slump on calls to slow development; Fed, BOJ hikes loom

2026-09-14T06:18:27.000Z
Analysts have questioned how US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s intervention would work without a meaningful shift towards much higher Japanese interest rates.

Is Scott Bessent winning the wrong battle in markets?

2026-09-13T07:21:19.000Z
The move comes after surplus cash with banks rose to a record high of around 11 trillion rupees following massive inflows under the central bank’s recent capital-raising windows.

India to drain US$10.5 billion from banks as excess cash surges

2026-09-11T13:30:24.000Z
Has the Middle East conflict fundamentally re-anchored energy prices at a structurally higher level for the remainder of the year?

What oil, yields, and AI capex boom are really telling us

2026-09-11T09:46:00.000Z
With US$500 billion of outstanding bonds from the top AI giants and US$100 billion linked to data centres, AI has become important in the global credit market.

Why carry or bond coupons matter more today

2026-09-11T07:00:00.000Z