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India bond volatility up on tax-cut concerns
Mint Mumbai
|August 20, 2025
Volatility in benchmark Indian bonds jumped to a three-year high, as a plan to cut consumption taxes stoked concerns that the government may sell more debt to make up for any revenue shortfall.
A Bloomberg gauge of swings in India's 10-year bonds reached the highest since October 2022 on Tuesday, after recent ructions in the nation's debt. Benchmark bonds suffered the biggest sell-off in almost two years this week, reversing a rally Thursday that was triggered by a rare sovere
This story is from the August 20, 2025 edition of Mint Mumbai.
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