Bond sell-off slows as markets digest central bank comments

- Central Banking Newsdesk
- 30 Jun 2017

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Major bond markets appeared to settle somewhat today (June 30), after comments from the governors of the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England (BoE) triggered a sell-off earlier in the week.

Between June 26 and 29, US 10-year Treasury yields climbed 13 basis points to 2.27%, 10-year bonds rose 20bp to 0.45%, and 10-year gilts rose 24bp to 1.25%.

ECB president Mario Draghi seemed to set off the movements as he gave an upbeat speech at a conference in Sintra, Portugal, on June 27. The

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