SOVBMacro & rates

Sovereign Bonds

A live cross-country read on what governments pay to borrow, for spotting which sovereigns are moving and why a curve's shape matters more than any single number.

What it does04
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This is where you compare what governments are currently paying to borrow, side by side, across the world at once.

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The country overview is for scanning: catch whichever sovereign just moved, or whose yield looks out of step with its neighbors, before you dig further.

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Opening a country turns its headline number into a full curve — read it as a shape, not a list of figures. Steep, flat, or inverted near the short end each price in different growth and policy expectations.

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The benchmark yield used for country-to-country comparison is a stand-in, not always literally the 10-year — a few sovereigns don't quote one, and you'll get whatever maturity is actually on offer instead.

How you use it01
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Select a country to swap in its full maturity curve.