Government Bond Yields Are Sinking Around The World
MIKE BIRD
BusinessInsider.com
Jan. 6, 2015
Government bond yields are sinking across the advanced economies Tuesday morning. It looks a lot like investors are moving toward the safety of government debt as stocks sink around the world.
Investors typically move into government bonds, which don’t make them a lot of money, when there’s a lot of risk elsewhere. Treasuries are regarded as very safe investments, but the more demand there is for them, the lower yields go and the less of a return a buyer gets.
French, Dutch, Austrian, Belgian and Finnish 10-year yields hit record lows, according to Twitter’s Fabrizio Goria. Germany’s 10-year yield has slumped to just 0.445%, an historical low, and Japan’s dropped below 0.30% for the first time ever.
Ten-year US treasury yields are back below 2% again for the first time since October, when they fell for a very brief period. Yields haven’t been below 2% for any sustained period since the first half of 2013.
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