Why the global bond market is rattled and its implications

Explained – Why the global bond market is rattled and its implications A combination of multiple factors, from rising crude oil prices, to fears of higher inflation and the US Federal Reserve hiking interest rates, not once, but twice, are presenting the prefect recipe for the bond market sell-off across the globe. By Shreyaa Srivastava The global bond markets are currently in sell-off mode, with bond yields surging to multi-year highs across most G-7 nations. The US-Iran war in West Asia and the subsequent rise in crude oil prices is an important trigger behind the same, but not the only…