Global Bond Market Weakens Amid Rising Inflation and Geopolitical Tensions

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  1. Bond Selloff Weakens Risk Appetite; Trump Takes Hard Line on Iran | Bloomberg Brief 08/18/2026 US equity futures fall and long-dated bond yields rally as borrowing rates rise around the world amid concerns over inflation, government spending, and the AI bond binge pile up. President Trump says he’s not interested in extending the truce agreement with Iran. Katrina Dudley of Franklin Templeton discusses the global bond selloff. (Source: Bloomberg)

  2. Resurging fears around inflation are sending government borrowing costs higher across the globe, with many longer-maturity bond yields hovering near multi-decade highs.

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    Financial Times

    Global bond sell-off deepens amid fears over inflation and AI issuance Long-term government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs

    MarketWatch

    The sell-off in global bond markets continued early Tuesday, pushing many benchmark borrowing costs to multi-year highs amid concerns about inflation, government budget deficits and increased supply of debt.

    BBC Business

    Published Long-term borrowing costs across some of the word's biggest economies hit fresh highs because of concerns over inflation, government debt levels and spending on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

    Epoch Times Business

    Gould attributed factors such as investors weighing inflation expectations, growing federal deficits, stronger-than-expected economic data, and the increased issuance of Treasurys to finance government spending as contributing to elevated long-term yields.

  3. The yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury bond hit 5.323% on Tuesday, a 19-year high, before edging down to just below 5.3%. The 10-year Treasury yield — a key benchmark for fixed mortgage rates and other longer-term loans — is above 4.7%. That compares to below 4% before the start of the Iran War at the end of February.

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    The yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD30Y, known as the long bond, which is particularly sensitive to rising inflation, is up nearly 2 basis points to 5.234%, its highest level since June 2007.

  4. Rates on car loans, credit cards and student debt are also directly or indirectly tied to bond yields, meaning those monthly payments could increase as well.

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    BBC Business

    Interest rates on bonds - which are a type of debt - are known as yields and can directly affect the borrowing costs consumers pay on mortgages, car loans and credit cards.

  5. On Tuesday, a barrel of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, surpassed $90 following growing tensions over the conflict in the Middle East.

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    Oil prices extended their rally on Tuesday, with global benchmark Brent crude oil futures hovering above the $90-a-barrel mark.

  6. Germany's benchmark 10-year bund yield was last seen trading at a 15-year high, while its French counterpart reached its highest yield since 2008. Japan's 10-year bond yield rose to 2.954%, topping the 40-year high seen in the spring. Yields also spiked across the curve on British, Italian, Swiss and Canadian government bonds.

  7. Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid said in a note that there hadn't been a single catalyst for the declines in the bond market over the past 24 hours, "but with few signs of the US and Iran coming to any sort of a deal, that meant investors priced in a more extended closure of the Strait of Hormuz."

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  1. 01 Bloomberg

    Global Bonds Slump Sends Borrowing Costs Soaring Long-term borrowing costs have hit their highest level in decades on the back of a global bond slump. Alex Morgan explains. (Source: Bloomberg)

  2. 02 CNBC

    The annual rate of inflation was 3.4% in July as measured by the consumer price index, far above the Federal Reserve's target of 2%. Before the war, in January, the annual inflation rate was 2.4%.

  3. 03 MarketWatch

    The Tell 6% Treasury yields are the biggest risk facing stocks right now. Here’s why.

  4. 04 BBC Business

    The interest rate on US borrowing over 30 years hit 5.33% on Tuesday, the highest since June 2007, meanwhile UK long-term debt reached 5.85%. There were similar moves in Germany and Japan.

  5. 05 Epoch Times Business

    The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield is trading at levels last seen 19 years ago, near the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis.

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Original Articles (15)

Center Global Bonds Slump Sends Borrowing Costs Soaring — Bloomberg
Center Breaking Down the Global Bond Selloff — Bloomberg
Center US 10-Year Yields Climb to Highest Since 2025 as Rout Deepens — Bloomberg
Center Bond Selloff Weakens Risk Appetite; Trump Takes Hard Line on Iran | Bloomberg Brief 08/18/2026 — Bloomberg
Center Bond Selloff Drives Risk Aversion, US-Iran Peace Prospects Dim | The Opening Trade 8/18/2026 — Bloomberg
Center Bond yields are climbing. Here’s what that means for mortgages and other consumer borrowing — CNBC
Center Analysis: Bond market pressure is squeezing Main Street as Wall Street waits on Warsh — CNBC
Center Global bond yields hit multi-decade highs as governments pay the price for U.S.-Iran stalemate — CNBC
Center Treasury yields rise as oil gains and U.S.-Iran tensions fuel inflation fears — CNBC
Center 6% Treasury yields are the biggest risk facing stocks right now. Here’s why. — MarketWatch
Center Stocks keep shrugging off rising Treasury yields. Here’s the level that could finally trigger a selloff. — MarketWatch
Center U.S. 30-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2007 amid global bond sell-off — MarketWatch
Center Global borrowing costs hit fresh highs — BBC Business
Center Global bond sell-off deepens amid fears over inflation and AI issuance — Financial Times
Lean Right 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits Highest Level in 19 Years — Epoch Times Business