10 Countries With The Highest 10-Year Bond Yields Today

4. Venezuela

10-Year Yield: 10.43%

Venezuela has been a lot in the news lately, as the country is being battered by one of the worst economic crises in its history, which in turn led president Nicolas Maduro to aggressively seize power by overtaking control of the government and imprisoning political opponents, while also facing growing street protests over food shortages. The economic crisis sparked by the drop in oil prices, led to inflation surging to 460% over the last 12 month. The IMF estimates that the inflation will hit 700% this year. This of course led to a surge in bond yields, with the 1-year yield amounting to almost 50%. You’re probably wondering why is Venezuela on the list of countries with the highest 10-year bond yields today? Well, the 10-year yield has been holding steady at around 10.5% falling from over 12% a year earlier.

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