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Rates Spark: Triple-Whammy For Gilts

JM Finn's Jon Cunliffe: Mispriced opportunities in short-dated gilts

UK interest rate markets have repriced sharply over recent weeks. Just ahead of the Israel-US attack on Iran, two further interest rate cuts, which would have brought the base rate...

Gilt Market Nerves Return To The U.K.

Gilt relief rally sends yields to biggest weekly drop since 2024

Burnham pledge to stick to fiscal rules and pullback from bets on higher BoE interest rates drive rebound

How to profit from Labour chaos: Nifty track to guarantee steady income in market turmoil

UK gilts can be bought through all investing platforms, which have made it easy to stash them in your Isa.

Gilts: hoping for the best, experiencing not the worst

Yielding to the inevitable The post Gilts: hoping for the best, experiencing not the worst appeared first on Monevator.

Day Two of the Rickety Coup Smashes Up Financial Markets

The ten-year UK gilt yield briefly hit 5.13%, approaching highs last seen during in 2008. A 3 p.m. gilt market snapshot: 2-year: 4.585% (+11.0bp), prev close 4.475% 10-year: 5.130%...

Gilt yields fall despite local election results triggering further uncertainty

The UK’s long-term borrowing costs have fallen today (8 May), despite mounting pressure on the government after it suffered heavy defeats in local elections.

Gilt yields climb once again as King's Speech fails to calm market nerves

Yields on UK long-term gilts have risen following the King's Speech to parliament today (13 May), amid continued intrigue over the fate of current Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Rates Spark: Hard To See A Ceiling For Gilt Yields

Who do gilt investors want to lead Britain?

Andy Burnham seen as biggest risk to UK government bonds

Gilt yields hit 28-year peak as Starmer’s grip slips and SMEs brace for the bill

UK 30-year gilt yields surge to a 28-year high amid fears of a Labour leadership challenge to Sir Keir Starmer. We examine what soaring borrowing costs and looming rate rises mean...

Borrowing Costs Surge and Pound Weakens as Burnham Marches on Westminster

British markets have been pricing in Burnham’s return for some time. The reality this morning is causing further ructions, though… The bond markets: 2-year gilt: 4.567%, up 15.5bps...

Gilts plunge to 28-year low as Starmer clings on, leaving SMEs braced for borrowing squeeze

UK 30-year gilt yields hit their highest level since 1998 as Sir Keir Starmer rebuffs resignation demands, sending sterling lower and threatening to push SME borrowing costs higher...

Bond markets sound the alarm as Labour wobbles and gilt yields climb

UK gilt yields breach 5% as Labour reels from local election defeat. City warns of fiscal reckoning if Starmer is replaced by a left-wing successor. Read more: Bond markets sound...

Enhancing the resilience of the gilt repo market – BoE discussion paper feedback statement

In September 2025, the Bank of England (BoE) published a Discussion Paper on enhancing the resilience of the gilt repo market. The Discussion Paper was intended to start a conversa...

SIR MEL STRIDE: Britain can't afford chaos, as trust in gilts erodes

Borrowing costs are climbing sharply, and the consequences are being felt beyond Downing Street. Rising gilt yields affect the savings of millions of ordinary people.

GSY: Still Carries FX Risks, Spot Yields Looking To Fall

GBP Money Markets: Liquidity Holding Amid Turmoil

Britain vs. Bonds

Bond markets have been putting fear into the hearts of politicians for a long time. Britain has become the latest case study.

Market Movers blog: Gilt yields down and oil drops to five-week low as ECB warns of financial crisis

In this live blog, Investment Week collates all the breaking market news, analysis and opinion on equity, bond and currencies, as well as the impact of regulation, economics and ke...

How to manage the cost of government borrowing

Bond markets are reported to be twitchy this morning. Gilt rates are rising. The City of London is muttering about “fiscal credibility”. And the reason Read the full article...

UK Borrowing Costs Jump as Starmer on Brink

UK gilt yields are spiking at market open. 30-year rates up 10 basis points to 5.78% 10-year rates are up 8.5 basis points to 5.089%. The pound is down 0.5% against the dollar. Bon...

Markets are banking on the ‘Bliss trade’

A belief in resilience underwritten by big lasting state support is keeping stocks high