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  • Bond market extends selloff after seismic German spending pledge

    03/06/2025 7:43:16 AM PST · by Miami Rebel · 40 replies
    Reuters ^ | March 6, 20259:05 AM ES | Marc Jones
    LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - World financial markets kept on a radical readjustment course on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump's shakeup of the transatlantic relationship spurred a seismic, half-a-trillion-euro shift in German defence and infrastructure spending. The European Central Bank cut its interest rates again, as expected, and said monetary policy was becoming less restrictive, which traders took to mean another cut in April might not be a given - giving the euro another boost. That would normally suck up traders' attention. But it was just one of a myriad factors in play, with a global bond market selloff...
  • Greece Sets 10 Year Bund Spread Level For When Total Pandemonium Breaks Out At 450 bps

    04/06/2010 8:40:19 PM PDT · by Cheap_Hessian · 9 replies · 483+ views
    ZeroHedge Blog ^ | April 6, 2010 | Tyler Durden
    Greek website bankingnews.gr reports that today's breach of 400 bps in spread to bunds on the 10 Year GGB is a very critical level, and that if spread widening continues, Greece "risks completely losing control" of its funding situation. The critical level in the 10 Year GGB spread to bunds beyond which all hell will break loose is 450 bps at which point "everyone will unload bonds and then control will be completely lost." (pardon our translation) Odd - no mention of CDS speculators having blown up Greece today: instead it is bond selling... How novel. The site also notes...