Tag: longdated

Long-dated Treasury holdings downsized as Fed faces tough inflation choices

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bond investors, worried about persistently sticky inflation, have reduced their exposure to longer-dated U.S. Treasuries ahead of the Federal Reserve’s two-day monetary policy meeting this week in which it is likely to hold interest rates steady. The U.S. central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected […]

China says to sell initial batch of long-dated bonds this week

A debt crisis in China’s vast property sector has been a major drag on the world’s number two economy (STR) China will start selling an initial batch of long-dated bonds this week, the Ministry of Finance announced Monday, as Beijing looks to increase support for the world’s second-largest economy. The central government will begin issuing […]