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Bond Markets
Bond yields soar past 7.6% as investors look elsewhere
THE OVERNIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT of a second programme of quantitative easing (‘QE2′) in the United States has done little to help the cost of Irish government bonds. As investors look to paper from other more secure nations, the cost of ten-year Irish bonds has shattered its previous record, standing at 7.635% as of 9:35am. Yesterday the spread between Irish and German bonds hit 5% and it’s continued to rise since. It’ll be a long day.
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