Bond Yields

RBI's liquidity push is being neutralised by record state borrowing, keeping yields elevated and markets subdued - exposing deep fiscal strains beneath India's strong GDP numbers

Easing supply of ultra-long bonds and improving long-term demand may help flatten India's G-sec yield curve in FY27, aided by RBI liquidity support and index inclusion hopes

Simultaneous fiscal and monetary tightening hurt growth and earnings, but momentum is returning, says Axis Bank's Neelkanth Mishra, signalling a possible market turnaround

Despite a recent RBI rate cut, investor bids stayed above issuer expectations, forcing PFC and SIDBI to cancel planned bond raises amid rising yields and market volatility

Government bond yields pared early gains on Friday as mutual funds and private banks sold at a profit after the RBI cut the repo rate by 25 bps and announced Rs 1 trillion of OMO purchases this month

Optimism building around potential announcement of an OMO calendar

RBI engages with market participants amid widening India-US yield spread; bond purchases unlikely before final CRR cut at month-end

Global tariff disputes and foreign outflows pressured the rupee, while RBI's 100-basis-point rate cuts and liquidity measures helped bond yields soften during the year

25-bps rate cut by December looks likely, but RBI's neutral stance and global uncertainties mean yields may not fall sharply, says Jain

Investors should focus on short-to-medium bonds and quality corporate debt as RBI nears the end of its rate cut cycle, says Shah

Bond yields rise despite RBI rate cuts as fiscal risks, GST revenue loss, and global conditions fuel market anxiety, dimming hopes of easing borrowing costs

FPIs sold Rs 17,262 crore of government securities under FAR in FY26 so far, but Q2 has seen a turnaround with Rs 14,540 crore in inflows as bond yield spreads widened

Six states borrowed Rs 14,900 crore at the weekly auction while Nagaland did not accept bids for its 10-year bond as long-term state bond yields fell sharply this week

Urge state bond auction via uniform pricing; more of shorter tenure bonds in H2

Government bond yields eased on short covering and FPI buying ahead of a Rs 32,000 crore auction, with spreads between 10-year and 15-year bonds and SDLs widening further

NaBFID aims to raise $1 bn via ECBs and dollar bonds while Nabard eyes overseas fundraising by FY26-end as rising bond yields and global risks weigh on domestic mobilisation

Alongside fiscal concerns, pension funds and insurers have shunned bonds in favour of equities, while large banks have slowed purchases amid mark-to-market losses on existing bond holdings

Fears of a widening deficit have pushed up the benchmark yield by 18 basis points this month, with the bulk of that rise coming last week

Yields on state government bonds also hardened sharply. The 10-year SDL yield, which was in the range of 6.84-6.88 per cent in the first week of April, has climbed to 7.09-7.17 per cent as of Aug 19

Market participants said that the yield on the benchmark 10-year bond might rise to 6.58-6.60 per cent during the next week