Dysfunction in 'wildly illiquid' bond markets unnerves investors, officials

By Dhara Ranasinghe, Yoruk Bahceli and Davide Barbuscia LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - Wild price swings in government bonds on a scale not seen in decades given banking sector turmoil have sparked

RPT-EXCLUSIVE-UK debt agency treads careful path to sell near-record volume of bonds

(Repeats Wednesday's story with no changes to text) * UK to sell 241 billion pounds of debt in 2023/24 * DMO chief says bond markets are 'pretty stressed' * Auction schedule aims to limit pressure on

EXCLUSIVE-UK debt agency treads careful path to sell near-record volume of bonds

* UK to sell 241 billion pounds of debt in 2023/24 * DMO chief says bond markets are 'pretty stressed' * Auction schedule aims to limit pressure on dealers * Short-dated gilts are easiest way to raise

UK launches new incentives for research-focused smaller companies

LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Britain announced new financial incentives to boost smaller research-intensive companies on Wednesday, in a move designed to help small and medium sized companies in the

UK no longer forecast to enter recession -Hunt

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is no longer forecast to enter a recession this year, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday, adding that inflation was forecast to fall to 2.9% by the end of the

UK no longer forecast to enter recession -Hunt

(Adds inflation forecast) LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Britain is no longer forecast to enter a recession this year, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday, adding that inflation was forecast

UK investors see 50-50 chance of BoE March rate hike

LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Investors on Wednesday put a 50% chance on the Bank of England pausing its run of interest rate increases next week as renewed unease gripped financial markets, with

TikTok mulls splitting from ByteDance if proposal with U.S. fails - Bloomberg News

(Adds details from the report) March 14 (Reuters) - China's TikTok is considering separating from parent ByteDance to help address U.S. concerns about national security risks, Bloomberg News reported

Investors see 40% chance of Bank of England rate pause

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors on Tuesday put a 40% chance on the Bank of England pausing its run of interest rate increases at its March meeting next week after the failure of U.S. lender Silicon

Investors bet more on the Bank of England pausing rate hikes

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors bet more heavily on Monday on the possibility that the Bank of England will halt its run of interest rate increases at its March meeting next week after the failure of U.S