UK bond yields hit 1998 high: How a global selloff boxed in the government
Tuesday, 2 September 2025 () The UK bond market has sent a powerful and painful warning shot across the bow of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government, as the yield on long-dated debt surged to its highest level in more than a quarter of a century. The dramatic move, part of a global sell-off, is tightening a fiscal straitjacket around the […]