10 Countries With The Highest 10-Year Bond Yields Today

5. Brazil

10-Year Yield: 9.78%

On the fifth spot in the list of 10 countries with the highest 10-year bond yields today is Brazil. At the beginning of 2016, the 10-year yield on Brazil government bond reached a staggering 16.76%. Since then it has been mostly declining and just recently dropped below 10%. The largest economy in Latin America was plagued by one of its worst recessions in 2016, when its inflation reached 10.71%m the highest in 12 years, but it managed to decline quickly and reached 3.6% in June and is expected to remain around 3.5% this year. However, the country remains in political turmoil, with the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff last year. The current president Michael Temer has also been indicted in the Supreme Court on allegations of corruption. The potential political crisis could affect the growing investor optimism about Brazil.

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