Bond yields edged lower on Wednesday after World Bank slashed its 2023 growth forecasts to levels teetering on the brink of recession for many countries as the impact of central bank rate hikes intensifies, Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, and the world’s major economic engines sputter. It expected global GDP growth of 1.7% in 2023, the slowest pace outside the 2009 and 2020 recessions since 1993. In its previous Global Economic Prospects report in June 2022, the bank had forecast 2023 global growth at 3.0%.
In the global market, Treasury yields climbed on Tuesday as investors weighed remarks from Federal Reserve officials and scanned them for hints about the central bank’s monetary policy plans. Furthermore, oil prices edged slightly higher on Tuesday as the U.S. government forecast record global petroleum consumption next year and as the dollar hovered at seven-month lows.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point lower at 7.30% from its previous close of 7.31% on Tuesday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point lower at 7.16% from its previous close of 7.17% on Tuesday.
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