Global stock markets mostly retreated on Tuesday (March 2). United States (US) stocks giving up gains as investors looked to central banks for clues on monetary policy changes. Since the pandemic started, an easy monetary policy has fuelled a stock market rally but damped the interest in bonds. This has stopped in the last few weeks, with yields jumping and bond prices falling as expectations for economic recovery increased, fuelled by vaccination progress and fiscal stimulus.
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