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Bond rally defies bear pack as record low yields keep on coming

Singapore

INVESTOR demand for bonds is proving insatiable as oil and stocks tumble, defying the consensus forecast for yields to rise this quarter.

Two-year yields fell to negative 0.5 per cent in Germany and minus 0.2 per cent in Japan, where the 10-year yield touched 0.035 per cent - all record lows.

The yield on a Bank of America Corp index of sovereign bonds has fallen to 1.33 per cent, the lowest level based on data that go back to the end of 2005. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields were little...

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