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Historic default on $117m coupons would add to intense economic pressure on Moscow Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates What we know on day 21 Russia faced a crucial bond payment on Wednesday that could lead to the sanctions-racked country defaulting for the first time since 1998, and its first major international debt default since the Bolshevik revolution a century ago. Moscow was due to make $117m (£89.4m) interest payments, or coupons, to investors holding $2-denominated bonds. But with much of its foreign exchange reserves frozen by international sanctions, it may be unable to pay. Continue reading…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Philippines and the United States further deepened their cooperation in developing the former’s nuclear-energy program. This,…

Bumpy trading in U.S. bonds is raising concerns about potential liquidity problems, and some strategists say the central bank may need to take steps to help the market, possibly by lifting some regulatory constraints on banks.

In brief, accoording to to Fitch Ratings’ Sovereign Rating Criteria the payment in local currency of Russia’s US dollar Eurobond coupons due on 16 March would, if it were to occur, constitute a sovereign default, on expiry of the 30-day grace period. These are the first foreign-currency so

Ratings agencies say Russia is on the verge of defaulting on government bonds following its invasion of Ukraine, with billions of dollars owed to foreigners

Cash levels have surged to 5.9% and allocation to commodities at 33% - a record high, the survey showed. Allocation to global equities has slumped to the lowest levels since May 2020 but investors are ''very underweight'' bonds not stocks, said Bank of America. "Investors remain overweight stocks, not underweight; equity allocations are not at "recessionary" close-your-eyes-and-buy levels," said Bank of America.

S&P DJI now announces that it will remove all bonds from issuers whose Country of Risk is Russia or Belarus with the upcoming rebalancing effective after the close of business on Thursday, March 31, 2022. The bonds will continue to be priced in the index as per the evaluated prices from the designated pricing vendor. Please note that these changes will first be visible to clients in the pro-forma (PRO.SPFIC) files, where applicable, beginning on Monday, March 28, 2022.

Bond was set at $5 million Tuesday for a Naperville man accused of supplying a fatal dose of a fentanyl/fluorofentanyl mixture to an Addison woman.

The FOMC two-day meeting kicks off with its expected 25-point rate hike to be announced on Wednesday. Ahead of the move, ETF investors will be monitoring the bond market and related funds.

Both long-dated Treasuries and stocks are down sharply so far this year. That''s unusual in that they generally move in opposie directions.

Here Are All The Latest News And Developments From The Ukraine War: March 15 Here is a snapshot of the latest market-moving news out of Ukraine from the last few hours, courtesy of Newsquawk: Discussions/Negotiations Ukrainian President Zelensky said negotiations with Russia will continue on Tuesday. Ukrainian presidential adviser said Russia''s territorial claims are unacceptable and Ukraine is ready to continue negotiations on remaining issues, while the adviser added that a peace agreement could be signed within 1-2 weeks at the earliest and May at the latest, according to CCTV. Ukrainian President''s office confirms that the Czech, Polish and Slovenian PMs are to visit Kyiv on Tuesday. Russian Kremlin says that work is continuing between the Russian and Ukraine delegations, does not wish to predict the outcome of talks but it is a positive that talks are continuing. Energy/Economic Updates US State Department said the US added 11 members of Russia''s Defense Enterprise to the anti-Moscow sanctions list, according to Sputnik.

As default fears mount, Russian bonds are trading at prices near the low-water mark set by Argentina, which took 15 years to return to international markets.

Chinese stocks continued to plunge, under pressure on multiple fronts including renewed Covid-19 lockdowns and ongoing regulatory issues.

Any eventual bond offering from Mumbai airport could be the first from the sector since the delta coronavirus wave struck India last year