Stocks & Investing·May 20, 2026

Global Long Bond Yields Climb to Highest in Almost Two Decades

The selloff in longer-maturity government bonds has pushed up yields to levels last seen during the global financial crisis, and strategists are warning the losses have room to run.

Bloomberg MarketsMay 201 min readPrimary source

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The selloff in longer-maturity government bonds has pushed up yields to levels last seen during the global financial crisis, and strategists are warning the losses have room to run.

The selloff in longer-maturity government bonds has pushed up yields to levels last seen during the global financial crisis, and strategists are warning the losses have room to run.

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The selloff in longer-maturity government bonds has pushed up yields to levels last seen during the global financial crisis, and strategists are warning the losses have room to run.

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