The Lombard Review

Markets & Finance

Bonds, stocks, currencies, credit and commodities: the latest analysis of financial markets.

The 10-year hits 5.1%, its highest since 2007

Higher base rate hits rollovers

The bond sell-off, explained

Term premium plus hike path

The rate hike the Fed can't avoid

Inflation persistence forces tightening

The 10-year nears 5% as oil nears $100

Energy-driven bear steepening

Warsh speaks, bonds sell

Chair signal reprices tens

The market bets on a Warsh hike

Hike odds from forward curve

Long-term rates climb as Iran talks stall

Diplomacy risk in 30Y

Special Report

Back to school: Borrowing costs top 5%

Long-end rout hits borrowing

Banks brace for higher rates

Asset repricing vs deposit betas

The peace deal collapses, and oil jumps

Oil shock re-priced into swaps

The tariff refund boost to earnings

Earnings quality of refunds

Tariff refunds mean more government borrowing

Refunds swell bill supply

Is oil being priced in yuan now?

Settlement currency migration

Peace, maybe: how markets price it

Scenario-weighted oil path

$35bn of refunds, and where it goes

Cash windfall allocation

Iran charges ships a toll, in yuan

Non-dollar settlement for transit

Who deserves the tariff refund?

Downstream buyers claim refunds

The refunds that will add to America's borrowing

Refunds raise bill issuance

Special Report

Tax Day: Refunds from the IRS — and from Customs

IRS and CBP refunds hit cash

A ceasefire, and oil falls

Oil premium half-life

What bond markets say about the oil shock

Breakevens up, reals down

Tariffs go up, refunds go out

Refund order vs rate increase

Who gets the $166bn tariff refund?

Importer balance sheets gain claim

Special Report

Lunar New Year: China keeps the yuan steady

Fixing management in legal limbo

Tariffs raise $30bn a month. Not for long?

Refund risk on ~$30bn monthly receipts

The dollar's Warsh moment

Chair-regime premium in FX

The yen nears Japan's line in the sand

Pace-based intervention trigger

Banks cash in on chaos

Markets revenue offsets NII

Japan's 30-year bond hits a record

Life-insurer demand gap

The job market's confusing signals

Missing months break SA filters

Tariffs are now funding the government

Customs receipts fund deficit

Companies brace for a tariff refund

Refund contingency accounting

Special Report

New Year's Eve: How the dollar lost its shine

Debasement trade vs reserve status

2025 in five charts: gold up, dollar down

Dollar debasement narrative tested

Paramount goes hostile

Debt-funded cash vs stock offer

Japan's last cheap-money trade

BoJ hike narrows differential

Japan's bond yields hit 17-year highs

BoJ hike priced into curve

Special Report

Cyber Monday: Record spending, more buy now, pay later

Deferred-payment credit risk

Special Report

Black Friday: Buy now, get a refund later?

Contingent refunds on duties

AI's biggest spenders feel the credit squeeze

Supply indigestion in IG tech

What if the tariffs have to be refunded?

Refund exposure if IEEPA falls

Meta borrows $30bn for AI

Debt funds AI capex

The Fed stops shrinking its balance sheet

QT end timing

The AI money loop

Vendor equity funds customer capex

Money markets flash a warning

Repo pressure signals scarcity

Special Report

Diwali: The rupee hits a record low

50% tariff hits export flows

Are there more cockroaches in bank balance sheets?

Idiosyncratic losses as clustering

Japan's new leader weakens the yen

Fiscal dovishness weakens yen

Gold breaks $3,700

Reserve demand overrides real yields

Oracle's $455bn order book

RPO requires debt-funded capex