Bondcast - The Rates Podcast
In this weekly podcast series, Imogen Bachra along with the NatWest Markets team of rates & markets specialists help investment professionals shape their portfolio views on fixed income, learn how the biggest themes, trends, and events affect bond performance, and get deeper insight into rates markets including the latest analysis & research from the NatWest team.
Bondcast - The Rates Podcast
Latest Episodes
The Week Ahead: 21 – 25 September '26
Imogen Bachra shares her take on to watch in the week commencing 21 September. Fed speakers take centre stageA full slate of Federal Reserve speakers will provide further insight following this week’s more hawkish-th...
Liked a hike, sold on a hold, and cute on QT
The Federal Reserve and Bank of England have both been in focus this week, with the Fed delivering a rate hike and the BoE keeping rates unchanged. In this episode, Imogen Bachra and Stuart Sparks examine what the decisions tell us about the ou...
The Week Ahead: 14 – 18 September '26
Imogen Bachra shares her take on to watch in the week commencing 14th of September. * Friday's US inflation data was sufficiently firm that it feels like a 25 basis point hike from the Fed next week looks like the path of least resi...
Hawks, hikes and holds as central banks face inflation
This week on Bondcast, Imogen Bachra is joined by market specialists Stuart Sparks and Oriane Parmentier to discuss the latest developments across the major central banks and what they could mean for rates markets.Recorded shortly after ...