May 19, 2026
United States:
US Long Bond Yield Hits Highest Since 2007 on Inflation Concern
Yields on the longest-dated US Treasuries rose to the highest level in almost two decades as investor concern over accelerating inflation fueled a selloff in global debt markets.
The 30-year rate increased five basis points to 5.18% on Tuesday. The move pushes those yields to levels last seen on the brink of the global financial crisis in 2007.
Europe:
Economic Outlook at Risk of Further Deterioration, OECD Says
Risks to the global economy have worsened as the conflict in the Middle East drags on, OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann said on the sidelines of a Group of Seven meeting.
“The overall assessment is that it’s putting downward pressure on growth and upward pressure on inflation,” Cormann said on Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “We provided an initial assessment in our interim economic assessment in March, but we will be revising that assessment in the next few weeks in a formal sense. But clearly downward pressure on growth and upward pressure on inflation.”
Asia:
Japan’s Faster Economic Growth Offers Window for BOJ Rate Hike
Japan’s economy grew much faster than expected at the start of the year, supporting the case for further Bank of Japan interest-rate hikes, though the outlook remains highly uncertain due to the Middle East conflict.
Real gross domestic product expanded 2.1% on an annualized basis in the first quarter, according to a Cabinet Office report Tuesday. The reading topped economists’ forecast for a 1.7% increase and marked an acceleration from a downwardly revised growth pace of 0.8% in the previous quarter.
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