Bonds and especially those characterized as high investment grade remain the preferred choice for Trust Economics. With yields trading at multi-year highs – a result of interest rate hikes by central banks – government bonds offer returns far better than any deposit account (even term deposits) while missing the risk of equity investments and commodities. …
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The South Eurozone on the red line due to the Explosion of Borrowing Costs
Due to rising global and mainly European inflation, interest rates are generally rising as central banks fight inflation and this is certainly not a time when investors want to increase their exposure to government bonds. Trust Economics points out that Greece’s public debt (Eurozone / EU country) remains viable despite rising borrowing costs and estimates …
World Government Bonds – Yield Closed Prices & Spreads- Friday, July 17, 2026
We present the Yield Closed Prices and the Yield Spread of the World Main Government Bonds with 10 year maturity (Benchmark) in the most important in economic terms countries. In the following table we present the columns of Yield Closed Price, the Yield Spread between both the Bond Yield vs the Yield of the German …
How the US and the World’s Countries will avoid the Economic Armageddon caused by the Lockdown of Coronavirus Pandemic
The terrifying economic downturn that the developed economies of the world are gradually facing, especially that of the US, due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is much worse than the global financial crisis of 2008 caused by the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. This is because the current crisis is …
The low interest rates, their consequences & the returns of assets as an investment selection criterion
In EU member countries (e.g. Denmark, Germany) commercial banks are proceeding to mortgage loans with a negative lending rate. In other words, these banks grant discounted housing loans to borrowers and since the repayment of the mortgage loan not only will not be paid interest, but the borrower will repay capital in total less than …