Tumult Fades As Intense Trading Week Begins
Measures of risk appetite are improving this morning amid signs of an easing in last week’s bond market tantrum, and following a brief escalation in cross-Atlantic trade tensions. Equity markets are setting up for a near-1-percent advance at the open, Treasury yields are inching lower across the long end of the curve, and the dollar is strengthening as investors brace for a heavy slate of data releases in the coming days. Bonds are rallying across the advanced economies on hints that Japanese authorities could take action to stem upward pressure on long-term yields. According to several media reports, the Ministry...