Bond Interest Rate News

Kenyan signs $600 mln loan, eyes sovereign bond

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya plans to start negotiations on a sovereign bond after agreeing to borrow $600 million in a debut two-year syndicate loan from foreign creditors at an interest rate of 4.75 percent above Libor, the finance minister said on Tuesday. The loan, which replaced a planned Eurobond and is meant to substitute nearly half of a 119 billion shillings local borrowing target for the ...

Interest Rate Forecast 2012-2013

The first half of the interest rate forecast is very simple: short-term interest rates will remain in microscopic territory through 2013. Less certain is the outlook for long-term interest rates, most likely a story of rising yields.

Bond prices rally after rate cut

Australian bond futures prices rallied to record highs after a larger than expected interest rate cut by the central bank.

Poland’s Kazmierczak Undecided on Interest-Rate Increase

Polish central banker Andrzej Kazmierczak, who’s sought to raise borrowing costs for almost a year, is undecided on whether to back an interest-rate increase this month as threats to the European Union’s biggest eastern economy build.

Spain's 10-year bond yields above 'unsustainable' 6%

The interest rate on Spain's benchmark 10-year bonds soared above 6.0 percent on Wednesday, a borrowing rate widely believed to be unsustainable for the crisis-hit Spanish government.