https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/battered-bond-market-braces-for-a-new-era-of-interest-ratesContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/battered-bond-market-braces-for-a-new-era-of-interest-rateshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/battered-bond-market-braces-for-a-new-era-of-interest-rates#u94132Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:06:10 +0000Global sovereign bond markets are heading toward their worst month in years as investors prepare for an era of higher interest rates. Surging energy costs, driven by an oil spike from US-Iran tensions and general energy price increases, are fanning inflation fears. Meanwhile, the artificial intelligence boom is lifting economic growth, pushing two-year US Treasury yields toward their sharpest monthly surge since 2023. World stocks slipped under the pressure of elevated bond yields and upcoming US inflation figures, though equities remained relatively little fazed compared to the bruising sell-