August 6 (SeeNews) - The yield of Slovenia's ten-year government bond issued in March has turned negative this month for the first time ever, data from electronic fixed income trading market MTS Slovenia shows.
The yield on the ten-year bond fell to -0.18% on Friday from 0.07% on Thursday, before rising to -0.06% on Monday and closing at the same level on Tuesday, according to data from MTS Slovenia.
Slovenia issued the 350-million euro ten-year bond on March 14 at a yield of 0.157%.
Core Eurozone government bond yields hit record lows on Friday, after U.S. President Donald Trump decided to impose 10% tariffs on $300 billion (268.2 billion euro) worth of Chinese imports, causing concerns about the global economic outlook.
Germany’s two-year bond yield dropped to -0.82% on Tuesday, its lowest level since May 2018.
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