The Bank of England warning of a “material risk”

Courtesy of BBC News

The Bank continues to monitor developments in financial markets very closely in light of the significant asset repricing of recent weeks. It has also been working with the UK authorities to address risks to the resilience of Liability Driven Investment (LDI) funds arising from volatility in the long-dated government bond (gilt) market

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The Bank said it would buy more government bonds to try to stabilise market conditions. Its emergency scheme started after September’s mini-budget, which spooked markets and drove up borrowing costs. Government borrowing costs rose again sharply on Monday after the Bank said the scheme would end this week.

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