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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe and Graeme Wearden

Governments’ borrowing costs hit further multi-decade highs as US-Iran peace hopes fade

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
The yield, or interest rate, on the 30-year US Treasury bond rose to 5.324% on Tuesday. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

Government borrowing costs in several advanced economies continued to rise to levels not seen in decades on Tuesday, as hopes of an end to the US-Iran war faded.

Concerns about the inflation outlook worsened after the ceasefire between Washington DC and Tehran ended on Monday night without an agreement, with no progress on the reopening of the strait of Hormuz.

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