Cross-market, same questions
Comparisons
US 10-year Treasury: 4.97% as of 11 September 2026 · CBOE / Yahoo Finance (^TNX). Methodology
A higher yield in another country is often an FX trade wearing a bond label. Compare currency, maturity, duration, inflation link and liquidity before the headline yield.
Our live board puts UK, US, German, Italian and French 10-year prints on one screen, each with a date. Swiss Confederation stays snapshot-labelled until an official feed is wired.
‘Safest’ means different things: credit, inflation, currency, and mark-to-market duration. These pages keep those four separate.
- 1UK Gilts vs US Treasuries: What's the Difference?Issuer, currency, liquidity, pension demand and central banks. A dated yield snapshot belongs in the table, not in the URL.
- 2UK Gilts vs German BundsSterling versus euro core. BoE versus ECB. UK long-end pension demand versus bund scarcity episodes.
- 3UK Gilts vs Italian BTPsSterling sovereign versus euro periphery spread. Different inflation indices, different politics, different FX.
- 4US Treasuries vs German BundsThe two global duration benchmarks. Dollar versus euro, Fed versus ECB, reserve-manager demand.
- 5Which Government Bonds Have the Highest Yields?Among the markets we cover, Italy often yields more than Germany or Switzerland — on a dated snapshot, not as a permanent rule.
- 6Which Government Bonds Are Considered the Safest?Credit agencies and markets usually put US, German and Swiss government debt at the top. Safety is currency-specific.
- 7Government Bond Yields by CountryA snapshot of 10-year-style yields across UK, US, Germany, Italy, France and Switzerland — with date and methodology.
- 8Government Bonds With the Longest MaturitiesUK and some euro issuers go beyond 30 years; the US long bond is 30. Ultra-longs are duration machines.
- 9Government Bonds and Interest Rate ExpectationsForwards and the front end of each curve are a live poll of BoE, Fed, ECB and SNB paths.
- 10How to Build a Government Bond PortfolioPick a currency of liabilities, a duration budget, nominal vs linker mix, then implement with bonds, ladders or funds.