1. Fed's Bostic: Inflation remains high; no rate cuts expected in 2026.
2. Deutsche Bank: Global credit bond valuations do not fully reflect risks.
3. Foreign investors aggressively bought US corporate bonds at the start of the year, with net purchases in a single month reaching a near three-year high.
4. Institutions: The European bond market has entered a new phase, with the yield curve steepening significantly.
5. The US Treasury market is closely monitoring quarterly bond issuance schedules, wary of unexpected moves by the US Treasury to lower yields.
6. Oracle launches up to eight tranches of dollar-denominated bond issuance, aiming to raise $20 billion to $25 billion.
7. Treasury: Plans to reissue 2025 book-entry interest-bearing (24th tranche) government bonds for the second time.
8. Reserve Bank of Australia fires the first shot in raising interest rates; a resurgence in inflation forces a policy shift.
9. Demand for Japanese 10-year government bonds is weak; the upcoming election and expectations of interest rate hikes are putting pressure on the bond market.
10. China Merchants Securities has set the interest rates for its RMB 12 billion corporate bonds at 1.80% and 1.85%.
11. SDIC Capital plans to publicly issue no more than RMB 9 billion in corporate bonds to professional investors.
