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2025-09-12 22:46:03
[BlackRock: Risk premium on French government bonds will remain high] Roelof Salomons of the BlackRock Investment Institute said in a report that the risk premium on French government bonds (OATs) will remain high. OAT bonds have come under pressure again recently, especially when it was expected that the government led by former Prime Minister François Bayrou would step down in a vote of confidence earlier this week. However, concerns about France's fiscal policy and debt problems should not affect the ECB's policy. "We do not expect political turmoil in France to affect the ECB's decision-making," said Salomons. BlackRock believes that concerns about expansionary fiscal policy and increasing debt burdens are global issues and have been the main drivers of the market in recent months. According to data from the London Stock Exchange, the yield on 10-year French OAT bonds against German government bonds last traded at 78 basis points.
