The recent rise in longer-term government bond yields primarily reflects expectations of higher inflation. These expectations are still relatively low and could climb a little further in the coming months as headline inflation accelerates. However, we continue to expect both inflation expectations and bond yields to drop back again during 2010 as a faltering global recovery leaves plenty of economic slack.
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