The yen surged against the dollar after US jobs data, after earlier speculation in markets that authorities could intervene again on the currency.

The US’s decision to sell euros to support Japan’s currency without warning European policymakers is adding to geopolitical risks and further dimming the appeal of longer-maturity government bonds, according to BlackRock Inc.

The yen surged against a weaker dollar after an unexpectedly soft US payrolls report on Friday, with traders on alert for any sign authorities were preparing to intervene in the Japanese currency again.

European bonds are emerging as a safer choice for fund managers as they try to navigate an increasingly fraught global backdrop.

The yen’s rally following joint US-Japan intervention has likely run its course, according to currency strategists, who say market expectations of a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike this year are set to support the dollar.

Jordan Rochester, who made his name as one of Britain’s most recognized financial commentators during the country’s split from the European Union, has left Mizuho Bank Ltd. to pursue a position in Dubai.

The pound’s rally is at risk from the new UK government’s still unclear fiscal plans as well as the potential for fewer interest-rate hikes eroding the currency’s high-yield appeal.

Japan may have to shift its focus from supporting the yen toward controlling government bond yields if it is to achieve its ambitious economic growth plans, according to Deutsche Bank AG.

UBS Asset Management’s Kevin Zhao is planning to short Treasuries in a bet that the robust US economy will erode the haven appeal of owning government debt.

Unusual moves in an oil-market gauge are prompting Vanguard Asset Management Ltd. to buy insurance against stickier-than-expected US inflation.

Some sovereign debt chiefs are warming up to the growing footprint of hedge funds in government bond markets, casting these investors as potentially beneficial participants rather than a source of risk.

Asset manager Schroders is buying Italian government bonds, arguing the country has already weathered the budget and political turmoil now rattling investors in other European nations and the US.

After starting the week at their highest in almost three decades, yields on long-dated gilts are poised for their biggest drop in more than two years.

David Zahn is looking vindicated. He’s been shunning UK bonds for more than a year, when other fund managers were piling in after selloffs.

Global bond yields hovered near multiyear highs as rising energy prices stoked inflation concerns.

Even before the Iran war, Fidelity International portfolio manager Mike Riddell was skeptical of the view that global price pressures were subsiding. His contrarian bet — that inflation was set to rise — is now paying off handsomely.

UK bonds were swept up in another selloff as investors grew increasingly anxious about Britain’s finances, given the risk of fresh challenges to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.

UK bonds were swept up in another selloff as investors grew increasingly anxious about Britain’s finances, given the risk of fresh challenges to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.

UK government bonds posted a relief rally after Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to stay in his job despite deep local election losses, with investors set to focus on any fallout on his leadership in coming weeks.

UK government bonds posted a relief rally after Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to stay in his job despite deep local election losses, with investors set to focus on any fallout on his leadership in coming weeks.