Pressure on long-dated bonds is easing around the world as investors eye supply changes and hunt for bargains after a selloff. Yields on 30-year US bonds have fallen around 25 basis points since early September, while those on UK gilts have dropped 20 basis points and their Japanese counterparts have fallen nearly 15 basis points. That has reversed a period of heavy selling that roiled the world’s biggest government bond markets, pushing Japan’s long-dated yields to an all-time high and those on gilts to ...

Elsewhere, several economic reports in China, inflation data from Japan to the UK to Israel, Swiss export figures and a credit ratings review of Italy may be among the highlights.Central banks in other major economies are expected to maintain a watchful stance but not change rates. That’s the outcome forecast by economists for Indonesia, Brazil and South Africa.The BOE will probably keep rates unchanged after a cut in August that featured a rare three-way split among officials. The BOJ, meanwhile, remains o ...