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Japan’s pension fund is doing policymakers’ work for them
Steep rise this year could mean more expensive bacon in Spain, Germany and Poland
Overseas fund managers snap up more than £100bn of gilts since EU referendum
Rate cuts accelerate amid manufacturing weakness and subdued inflation
Rome to pay interest equivalent to 3.3% of GDP, down from earlier estimate of 3.6%
Spate of shelved and fizzling IPOs has cast a pall over the US equity market
Shanghai has been curtailed by strict curbs on capital flows
Economic powerhouse has lost steam, while laggard recovers
World’s major economies have debts on average of more than 70% of GDP
US currency has retained its strength against other currencies despite rate cuts
Other predictors of downturns are less gloomy than the inverted yield curve
Concerns build over central bank’s ability to control currency’s exchange rate
Commercial mortgage securities have bounced back — unlike the residential equivalent
Monetary authorities are reacting to faltering growth
Any sense the central bank has not gone far enough could be brutal
Inflow comes despite dismal performance during territory’s political crisis
There are precedents for today’s markets, if you reach back far enough
Growing awareness of meat’s environmental impact is feeding demand elsewhere
Bondholders weigh deal with Macri against negotiating with likely successor Fernández
Shortage of tradable Bunds reflects huge ownership by banks and central banks
World’s largest producers see profits drop as prices for core product sink
Country’s ruling coalition may have fallen apart, but its government bonds rallied last week
Wall Street delights at fall in the renminbi and a sharp move in the Argentine peso
What was once an anomaly has become commonplace since the financial crisis
Surge in supply from outside Opec presents challenge for efforts to curb production
