Subhash Chandra Garg's transfer to the power ministry, from being economic affairs secretary, also fuelled the speculation, even as there was no official announcement on this
Brexit will keep driving investors into the safest assets, meaning demand will remain high for negative-yielding debt
US Federal Reserve said it was ready to battle growing global and domestic economic risks with interest rate cuts
The yield on 10-year rupee sovereign debt fell as much as 9 basis points to 6.94%
The bond market expects at least 25 basis points (bps) cut in the June 6 policy
The 10-year government bond yield, considered to be a risk-free instrument, have softened from 8.18% a month ago to 7.81 amid a decline in crude oil prices
The spread is lowest in eight years and nearly half of the 20-year average spread of 212 basis points
Excess reliance on short-term debt poses rollover risks and hence liquidity risks for the borrowers
Rupee, debt are unlikely to face significant decline from here
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The prevailing environment of rising bond yields, in part due to RBI's hawkish policy bias, has made banks unwilling to hold government bonds in excess of their liquidity requirements
the benchmark 10-year bond yield was up 7 basis points at 7.65%, after earlier rising to 7.67%
Sudden surge in supply of state paper caused turmoil in market, catching observers off-guard
For current financial year, govt plans to borrow Rs 2.88 trillion in the first half of 2018-19, out of Rs 6.05 trillion planned for entire year
The Reserve Bank of India, which conducted the auction, had set the cut-off yield at about 7.15%
But waiting for the market to self-correct could be costly for the economy
Sovereign bonds in India have sold off for six consecutive months, hurt by concerns of a wider government deficit and higher oil prices
The yields on the 10-year bond closed at 7.47 per cent on Thursday, down from its previous close of 7.53 per cent
RBI sold Rs 4,000 crore in bonds at the auction
The yields on 10-year bonds have risen about 96 basis points since August even after a rate cut by RBI in that month