UK secures record orders for bonds as inflation drops to 4.6pc
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Investors acquired a record £93bn of UK government bonds during a sale today, it has been reported, as investors bet that interest rates have peaked.
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17 Nov 2023
The sale of 20-year gilts fetched the largest ever level of orders for UK sovereign bonds, excluding the first ever sale of “green bonds” back in 2021, according to Bloomberg News.
The sale of the bonds, which mature in 2043, was conducted by Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Morgan Stanley and UBS.
The race to snap up bonds comes as investors bet that interest rates will begin to fall next year amid falling inflation.
The UK consumer prices index (CPI) dropped sharply to 4.6pc in October from 6.7pc the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), after a slowdown in the increasing cost of gas and electricity.
As a result, money markets are pricing in that the Bank of England will begin cutting interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point by June at the latest, with some economists predicting rates will be cut sooner.
When interest rates are high, the yield on bonds-the
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