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In one afternoon, the State’s coffers emerged relatively scot-free from the global bond rout and received another multi-hundred-million-euro boost from Apple. Simon Harris is already eyeing more tax cuts.

The trend towards higher long-end bond yields is confirmed. There are few winners in this game – apart from banks.

All eyes are on the Central Bank as the clock runs out on the latest Israeli bond prospectus. With Luxembourg closing its doors to future transfers, the Irish regulator is refusing to disclose where any request for approval might have gone.

Next month, the Central Bank must make a decision that will determine if Israel can market bonds to EU investors. It says it is bound by strict EU rules as activists, legal experts, and the finance committee call for refusal in line with international law. What comes next?

The bond market is sending Britain a warning: Push borrowing costs towards six per cent, and fiscal stress quickly becomes fiscal crisis.

From steel nationalisation to bond market jitters and the rise of Nigel Farage, the UK is revisiting political battles many thought settled. For Ireland, with so much tied to Britain’s economic stability, the consequences could again be profound.

The markets are buckling up for a long-run spike in inflationary pressures. In the US, bond vigilantes have seized control of policy from the White House and the Fed.

The U.S. has long been a beacon of safety when uncertainty reigns. That is changing, write Justin Lahart and Sam Goldfarb, The Wall Street Journal.

By borrowing against its PLC shares instead of selling them at the time of its de-merger from Glanbia in 2022, the farmers’ co-op has made a multi-million-euro gain.

Currencies don’t lie. They give a real-time vindication or condemnation for a country’s economic outlook, and the standing of the pound is sending warning signals ahead of November's UK budget.