Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Fitch: Low Yields Cut Sov. Investor Income by $500b Versus 2011

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)

NEW YORK/CHICAGO, August 31 (Fitch) Steep declines in global

sovereign bond

yields over the past few years have drastically reduced

investors' ability to

generate interest income from new securities purchases, says

Fitch Ratings.

Relative to yields available in 2011, global investors are

foregoing over $500

billion in annual income on $38 trillion in currently

outstanding bonds as a

result of the collapse in sovereign yields.

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