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New prime minister and surprise chancellor jolted the Gilt market, but oil shooting above $100 shows where the real power lies
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European public sector issuers are gearing up for another year of potential political turbulence, with the trend for pollsters to fail to call results — as seen with the election of US president-elect Donald Trump and Brexit — likely to make issuance planning more difficult. That outlook is likely to force a more dovish approach from the European Central Bank at its last governing council meeting of the year in December, said bankers. -
Yields on Europe's peripheral government debt rose only a few basis points over Bunds on Wednesday’s news that Donald Trump had won the US presidential election race.
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Egypt’s return to the Eurobond market could be postponed until next year after its finance ministry raised a further $2bn of funding from international banks.
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Foreign appetite for onshore Chinese bonds is strong with investors planning to increase their allocation, according to a new survey. But with a number of impediments still to be fixed any inflows are likely to be limited.
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Donald Trump may have shocked the world with his US presidential election win in the early hours of Wednesday, but the public sector bond market is already nervously eyeing the next chunk of political risk — particularly given the growing trend for polling companies to make spectacularly wrong predictions.
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The European Stability Mechanism has reduced its funding needs after accepting a €1bn early loan repayment from Spain.
