Natural Gas Eclipses Oil as Key Inflation Risk for European Debt
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Natural gas has overtaken oil to become the biggest concern for European bond traders as depleted supplies of the key fuel threaten a resurgence in inflation. European gas prices are near five-month highs and winter contracts cost more than twice as much as they did a year ago. Yields on 10-year German and UK debt have touched levels not seen in decades, even as Brent crude trades 30% below the peak hit on the back of the US-Iran war.