The Securities and Exchange Commission should add the European Union to a four-decade old list of exempted issuers, a move that would ease restrictions on US investor access to the bloc’s new bond futures market, according to a group representing hedge funds.

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The UK Debt Management Office is pulling back further from long-dated gilts to meet investor demand for shorter tenors that are less exposed to swings in the bond market, Chief Executive Jessica Pulay said.

A measure of French bond risk posted its biggest drop since the 2020 pandemic as local markets rallied after the nation dodged a downgrade at Moody’s Ratings.

The UK will need to borrow £3 billion ($4 billion) more than previously planned this fiscal year to cover higher debt costs and public spending, according to government bond dealers surveyed by Bloomberg.

The shock from turmoil in French debt has yet to show up in the country’s market for short-term funding, signaling a broad credit crisis is off the cards for now.

Turbulence across Europe’s bonds is sparking debate over the tools policymakers use to keep markets functioning in the event of a broader financial crisis.

French government bonds deepened this week’s slump, with investors demanding the biggest yield premium to hold the bonds over safer German debt since the region’s debt crisis.

A measure of French bond risk reached another milestone as investors position for political upheaval next year and the potential for a populist government to loosen the purse strings.

France is planning to sell a record amount of bonds in 2027 as the government seeks to fund a wide budget deficit and replace a large chunk of maturing debt.

The UK government paid the highest yield since 1999 at an auction of 10-year debt, with investors demanding additional premiums to compensate for persistent inflation and the prospect of spending increases in next month’s budget.

The selloff in the US bond market deepened on Monday after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to prolong the war’s energy shock.

A measure of Treasury volatility is heading for its biggest jump in more than a year after bond yields rose to multi-decade highs, jolting the market out of its recent slumber.

Government borrowing costs have been climbing around the world as investors demand more compensation to entice them to hold longer-maturity debt. The rise in US bond yields even prompted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to announce expanded buybacks of long-dated government debt — an intervention that failed to stop yields on 10-year Treasuries from surpassing 5% and hitting their highest point in almost two decades.

There’s a hot money-minting trade in London, fueled by cheap financing doled out by the Bank of England.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK has left itself “overexposed” to global bond markets as he defended controversial comments made last year that alarmed investors.

Government borrowing costs have been climbing around the world as investors demand more compensation to entice them to hold longer-maturity debt. The rise in US bond yields even prompted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to announce expanded buybacks of long-dated government debt — an intervention that failed to stop yields on 10-year Treasuries from breaching 5% and hitting their highest level in almost two decades.

UK government bonds gained after the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged and scrapped plans to sell long-dated gilts as part of its quantitative tightening program.

Traders are increasingly diverging from central bankers on the outlook for interest-rate hikes in Europe.

The Bank of England could soon stop selling long-dated bonds that it amassed after the financial crisis and pandemic, according to a report by the Daily Telegraph, in a move that would be likely to save the Treasury billions of pounds.