Monday, June 11, 2007

Emerging Market Bonds Little Changed, Pushing Down Spreads Over Treasuries

(Bloomberg) -- Emerging market bonds were little
changed, pushing down yield spreads over U.S. Treasuries, as
investors remained optimistic about developing nations' growth
prospects.

The average yield spread on emerging-market dollar bonds
over Treasuries fell 2 basis points, or 0.02 percentage point, to
1.57 percentage points, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s EMBI+
index. The bonds fell 0.1 percent on average. They dropped less
than Treasuries, which added to five weeks of losses after
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President said inflation is
``uncomfortably high.''


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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