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China, US 10-Year Yield Gap Erased – Chart of the Week

The gap between 10-year yields on Chinese and US government bonds has vanished for the first time in more than 10 years


China, US 10-year yield bonds
Beijing has pumped $5.3 trillion into its pandemic-hit economy. Photo: Reuters

 

For the first time in more than a decade, US government bonds are offering a higher yield than those issued by China with the spread between US and Chinese 10-year yields reflecting recent policy turns in the two countries, shows our Chart of the Day below.

In the US, the Fed has been tightening monetary policy in an attempt to keep a lid on soaring inflation resulting in a drop in liquidity in US government securities.

 

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The benchmark 10-year US government bond yield rose by 7.5% between March and May 9. That was just days after the Fed’s policy makers agreed to hike interest rates by half a per cent. Since then the yield has fallen by 9.1%.

Meanwhile, the Chinese government has been pumping $5.3 trillion into its pandemic-hit $17 trillion economy as it bids to turn around its fortunes after two years of lockdowns and supply snarls.

The yield spread between US and Chinese 10-year yields has vanished for the first time in more than a decade.

  • By Richa Gandhi

 

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Richa Gandhi

Richa Gandhi is a Data Journalist with Asia Financial News Group and has a special interest in data analytics. She is a post graduate in Statistics from Pune University in India. You can reach out to her on Twitter at @RichaG18.

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