Asian Bond Watch: Trade wars, a stronger dollar, tighter liquidity

Early 2018 forecasts of a return of volatility after two years of near-somnolent developed markets seem to prove more prescient with every passing month, with significant implications for emerging-market assets. Yields in core markets began taking off early in the year. In the US, wage growth, improving employment and expectations of the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) rate rise propelled 10-year Treasury yields to a multi-year high. The rate increase bolstered yields further, while Pr…