{
  "id": 3969212,
  "title": "India's 10-year bond yield scales over 2-month peak ahead of Warsh speech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/indias-10-year-bond-yield-scales-over-2-month-peak-ahead-of-warsh",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T13:02:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436887/indias-10-year-bond-yield-scales-over-2-month-peak-ahead-of-warsh-speech"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "MUMBAI: Indian government bonds continued their downward trend on Friday, hitting a two-month high for the 10-year yield as traders prepared for Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's inaugural Jackson Hole address. Analysts will scrutinize Warsh's remarks for clues on U.S. monetary policy and inflation tactics. His comments may alter Indian interest rate expectations following hawkish hints from the Reserve Bank of India's August meeting, which reignited speculation of domestic tightening. \"Warsh's speech will be crucial. His words will determine the market's likely direction,\" commented Gopal Tripathi, head of treasury and capital markets at Jana Small Finance Bank.\n\nIndia's benchmark 10-year bond yield breached the 6.90% threshold, closing at 6.9108% on Friday, the highest level since June 11. The yield is unlikely to surpass 6.95% unless Warsh issues an unexpectedly hawkish statement. Rising yields have widened the premium over U.S. Treasuries, enhancing the allure of higher-yielding Indian debt. The spread between the U.S. 10-year yield and India's benchmark yield expanded to 224 basis points, the widest in nearly two months, from a one-year low of 207 basis points earlier in August.\n\nThe bond market confronts several obstacles: expectations of further RBI liquidity-draining measures, the waning impact of an overseas deposit scheme, and growing inflation concerns due to escalating oil prices amid unresolved tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Despite these challenges, long-term investors, including insurers, pension funds, and state-run banks, have been purchasing bonds, mitigating losses from other participants. Overnight indexed swaps have surged in volatile trading, with the one-year swap increasing 3 basis points to 5.95% and the two-year advancing 2.25 basis points to 6.1325%. Five-year rates settled 1 basis point higher at 6.4375%.",
  "summary": "MUMBAI: Indian government bonds extended losses on Friday, keeping the 10-year yield at a more than two-month high, as traders braced for Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s first Jackson Hole address. Global markets will parse Warsh’s remarks later in the day for signals on the U.S. policy path and inflation strategy. His comments could recalibrate expectations for Indian rates after hawkish…",
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        "title": "Asia week ahead: Key data on Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Philippines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/asia-week-ahead-key-data-on-australia-china-india-japan-korea",
        "published": "2026-08-28T17:00:45.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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