US Stock Market: Treasury steps in to curb rising long-duration bond yieldsThe US Treasury has doubled planned buybacks of longer-dated bonds to at least $4 billion per operation, seeking to ease liquidity pressure...
20 Aug, 2026, 10.13 AM IST
Global Market: Japan shares rally as US debt buybacks ease bond market concernsJapan’s Nikkei rose 1% to 65,982.49 as falling global bond yields improved investor sentiment and revived risk appetite. U.S. Treasury plan...
20 Aug, 2026, 09.32 AM IST
Dollar hugs three-month lows as Treasury seeks to sooth the bond marketOn Thursday, the U.S. dollar faced notable declines, approaching its lowest point in three months. In a bid to stabilize the bond market, U...
20 Aug, 2026, 07.28 AM IST
Global Market Today: Asian stocks rise after bond rally, dollar steadyAsian stocks advanced as the US Treasury announced debt buyback plans. This move eased pressure on the bond market and stabilized the dolla...
20 Aug, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
US debt crosses $40 trillion threshold after doubling under Trump and BidenUnited States debt has now exceeded forty trillion dollars for the first time. This significant increase occurred during the presidencies o...
20 Aug, 2026, 06.11 AM IST
US Treasury to double long-dated debt buybacks to battle surging yieldsThe US Treasury will double its buyback operations for long-dated government debt. This move aims to provide liquidity and ease rising bond...
19 Aug, 2026, 11.44 PM IST
Oil pain pins India bonds in range; RBI minutes to give next cueIndian government bonds showed little movement on Wednesday, trading in a tight range. The increase in oil prices countered support drawn f...
19 Aug, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
Why rising Treasury yields are becoming a growing risk for the US economyA sell-off in U.S. Treasuries has pushed yields higher, raising borrowing costs for households, companies and the federal government. Highe...
19 Aug, 2026, 03.48 PM IST
High Treasury yields put US fiscal outlook under spotlightPersistently high US Treasury auction yields are raising the cost of refinancing government debt and funding future deficits as investors d...
19 Aug, 2026, 10.09 AM IST
Cash-rich IT firms turn to debt for acquisitions, buybacksIndian technology firms are increasingly leveraging borrowed funds for acquisitions and share buybacks to elevate revenues and align with i...
19 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, who sold half of her Amazon stake, helped erase $40 billion in medical debt with $100 million in donationsMacKenzie Scott's remarkable contributions have enabled Undue Medical Debt to eliminate billions in medical debt. This nonprofit efficientl...
18 Aug, 2026, 11.02 PM IST
Bond markets from US to Japan whacked as inflation and fiscal worries take holdGlobal borrowing costs are hitting multi-decade highs again as inflation fears rise. The United States has seen its 30-year Treasury yields...
18 Aug, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
Global bond yields rise to multi-year highs as inflation and fiscal concerns intensifyGlobal bond yields surged on Tuesday, with US, Japanese and German government borrowing costs hitting multi-year or multi-decade highs. Ris...
18 Aug, 2026, 02.56 PM IST
US 30-year yields hit highest level since 2007 as war and oil worries festerU.S. Treasury yields reached multi-year highs amid inflation worries. Geopolitical tensions and increased oil prices fueled market anxietie...
18 Aug, 2026, 01.54 PM IST
Global Market Today: Asian shares advance; oil rises on Middle East concernsAs peace prospects in the Middle East worsen, oil prices surged, reigniting fears about supply disruptions. Concurrently, US Treasury yield...
18 Aug, 2026, 06.24 AM IST
Emerging markets defy global shocks as investors return to local assetsEmerging markets are seeing renewed investor interest despite geopolitical tensions, trade risks and AI-driven volatility, with debt attrac...
17 Aug, 2026, 01.23 PM IST
Student debt: Nearly 450,000 US borrowers set for relief under $23 billion settlement; check eligibility, forgiveness amount, application process and moreNearly two hundred thousand more student loan borrowers will have federal debt forgiven. This follows a federal appeals court decision reje...
09 Aug, 2026, 05.41 PM IST