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The European Central Bank should continue its bond-buying stimulus programme at least until the end of the year and keep it open-ended to cushion the fallout from any conflict in Ukraine, ECB policymaker Yannis Stournaras told Reuters.

Value of $2bn of bonds issued by Irish entity of energy giant Rosneft slide nearly 3.5%

Treasuries rallied to lead gains in developed-market bonds as a combination of higher yields and lingering geopolitical concerns fueled demand from investors.

International sanctions targeting Russian banks, bonds and oligarchs have shone a spotlight on the Aughinish Alumina refinery in Co Limerick.

Another sweeping cyberattack struck Ukrainian government websites Wednesday as the Pentagon said Russian forces were closing in on Ukraine’s borders, readying “to conduct military action” at "virtually any time now.” “We believe that they are, they''re ready," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told reporters Wednesday. Kirby said the Pentagon believes "additional Russian military forces are moving into" the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, but he would not confirm specifics on the number of Russian troops that have moved into these two regions. VOA has not independently confirmed the presence of additional Russian troops in the Donbas. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state media that the heads of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People''s Republic and Luhansk People''s Republic had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for help Wednesday in fighting Ukrainian forces. ''Russian playbook'' Kirby would not attribute the latest cyberattack to Russia, only saying that disruptions in cyberspace were “of a Russian playbook.” Kyiv blamed Moscow for the cyberattacks, although Russia has denied any involvement.

The penalties, announced by the U.S. in co-ordination with Canada and other allies, are narrowly aimed at Russian banks and bond issues that don’t have much foreign exposure, as well as a handful of powerful individuals

Indian bonds ended slightly higher on hopes of central bank intervention after volatile trading in the past few days as uncertainty about the flight of capital amid rising geopolitical risks and inflation worries spooked investors.

The Fed''s Problem: "It''s All About The Money" By Joseph Carson, former CIO of Alliance Bernstein The Fed has a problem. It''s in the business of creating money, but it formulates monetary policy without regard to money itself. So in times when its policy decisions produced a record surge in broad money, policymakers are not attentive or alerted to the negative (inflation) consequences. From February 2020 to the end of 2021, broad money increased by $6.5 trillion or over 40%. That increase over less than two years is roughly equivalent to the rise over the previous ten years. Yet, policymakers who have long argued that "inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon" called the surge in inflation transitory, owing to supply bottlenecks. Had policymakers still recognized money as a potential source of inflation, it would not be in the pickle that they find themselves today. Policymakers now face the unprecedented challenge of dealing with consumer and producer inflation and elevated asset prices (possibly bubbles.) Policymakers'' record on reversing inflation cycles and recognizing asset bubbles is lousy.

A sovereign bond is a debt security issued by a national government to borrow funds.

(Adds detail) BERLIN, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank may be in position to end bond purchases as euro zone inflation appears to be moving closer to the bank''s 2% target, Philip Lane, the bank''s chief economist told a Germany…

Treasuries extended declines after the yield curve flattened in the Wall Street session

\U.S. Treasuries tumbled as the prospect of aggressive interest-rate hikes to cool inflation rippled through markets spooked by rising energy costs.

Investors are shying away from debt mutual funds after the turn in the rate cycle caused bonds to lose their price pegs, punching a hole in the rate of return on investments in these instruments that are marked to market.

Yields on inflation-linked bonds fell more than on conventional bonds , pushing a key market gauge of euro zone inflation expectations to the highest in nearly three weeks at 1.7897%. "The more the tensions escalate, the higher the energy prices go and that''s inflationary," said Peter McCallum, rates strategist at Mizuho in London.

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