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The eurozone debt crisis is about to enter a dangerous phase as governments prepare to step up borrowing in the capital markets to fund their faltering economies

The eurozone debt crisis is about to enter a dangerous phase as governments prepare to step up borrowing in the capital markets to fund their faltering economies

Investors continue to buy into the 30-year bond epic, but it is not hard to predict a dire ending – the bursting of another huge bubble, says Jonathan Davis

Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company, is preparing to raise as much as R$55bn from minority shareholders in what would be the world’s biggest share sale

In 2002, Ben Bernanke deemed deflation such a threat that he referred to Milton Friedman’s notion of handing out cash to stop falling prices

Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company, is preparing to raise as much as R$55bn from minority shareholders in one of the biggest capital market transactions

Credit ratings on almost 900 municipal bonds, or $50bn to $55bn of debt, could be cut by up to three notches by Moody’s Investors Service

These self-effacing types are playing a much more princely role now that cash is king, says Richard Milne

Companies and governments in emerging markets borrow more cheaply in the dollar than in their currencies for the first time in two years

Companies and governments in emerging markets borrow more cheaply in the dollar than in their currencies for the first time in two years

The Asian Development Bank plans to finance clean energy projects across the region by selling a bond denominated in three currencies to Japanese retail investors

A growing divergence in borrowing costs is prompting worries for many peripheral European economies

Japan, we were assured, would be the next Greece. . . . but it hasn’t quite worked out like that, writes Jonathan Allum

The UK economy grew at its fastest pace in 11 years in the second quarter but serious doubts remain that the momentum of recovery can be maintained as government spending cuts begin to bite

Overseas investors scoop up longer-term debt as low short-term rates and fears about sub-par growth and disinflation encourage them to look further along the curve