Global Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2008 as Fed Decision Looms
Average yields on the Bloomberg Global Treasury Index climbed to 3.68%, the highest level since the 2008 global financial crisis. The selloff lands days before rate decisions from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, and Bank of England.
The index tracks government debt from investment-grade countries. It is heading for its biggest monthly drop since March, challenging hopes that the worst of this year's bond rout has passed.
Global Bond Yields Surge Across Every Major Market
US 30-year Treasury yields trade just below their highest level since 2007. UK gilts have logged their longest streak of daily closes above 5% in almost two decades, according to Bloomberg.
Germany's 10-year yield has reached its highest point since 2011. Meanwhile, Japan's 40-year yield moved above 4%, and its five-year yield hit a record since the maturity launched in 2000. Australia now carries the highest benchmark yields in the developed world.
Bond prices fall when yields rise, so the pain shows up in funds. BlackRock's iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF fell almost 5% in one month. The fund has lost more than half its value since 2020, while the global benchmark sits roughly 20% below its early-2021 peak.
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