Viewpoint – August 2022

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The rally in equity markets that started in mid June continued into the first half of August, taking Wall Street 17% off its June low, but was ultimately overwhelmed by the global energy crisis and extraordinary falls in bond markets through the month, reversing most of the gains of the previous two months. The biggest falls came in Europe, and most extreme was the UK, where yields on 2-year government bonds rose by 130bps, taking the yield to 3.0% at month end, the highest for 15 years. The UK 10-year yield also rose dramatically, up by 94bps to 2.8%. Eurozone bond markets fared only slightly better, with the German 2-year yield up by 93bps to 1.19% and the 10-year up 73bps to 1.54% over the month.

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