Three charts show the extent of the U.K. government's borrowing woes.
U.S. stock futures retreated Sunday night as volatile risk-off sentiment took hold, with investors reacting to a fresh exchange of threats between President Trump and Iranian officials. Now, here are ...
UK borrowing costs surge to highest since 2008 as gilt yields hit 5%, driven by energy price spikes and inflation fears ...
The yield on the benchmark 10-year UK gilt rose to 4.927%, its highest since July 2008, while the two-year yield climbed 11 basis points to 4.522%, the highest level since January 2025. Bond yields ...
UK government borrowing costs are lurching higher at a speed that recalls the Liz Truss crisis, but this time the trigger is ...
UK government bonds are heading for their worst month since the 2022 crisis under former Prime Minister Liz Truss, as a surge ...
Wild swings in UK gilts point to strains that will hurt government finances and jack up borrowing costs for us all ...
Gilt yields rose faster than their eurozone and U.S. equivalents. Rising oil prices have sparked renewed concerns about inflation, which could prevent the BOE from cutting rates.
The Bank of England extinguished any hopes of interest rate cuts on Thursday as the economic impact of the Iran war weighed ...
Money markets predict three quarter-point rises in UK interest rates this year, due to inflation shock from higher oil and gas prices ...
The FTSE 100 Index has slumped by over 5% from its highest point this year. UK gas prices have surged amid the ongoing war in ...
UK borrowing costs have jumped three times faster than other major European economies as the Iran war threatened to trigger ...