Bank of England postpones long-dated bond sale

The Bank of England has postponed a long-dated bond sale due this month "in light of recent market volatility" and instead will hold a short-dated gilt auction on April 14.

The Bank set out the schedule for sales in Q2 2025 of gilts held in the APF for monetary policy purposes in the 21 March 2025 Market Notice. In light of recent market volatility, the Bank will amend this schedule, and auction short maturity bonds on 14 April, instead of long maturity bonds. The Bank intends to reschedule the long maturity auction to the following quarter, in order to continue to reduce the APF as evenly as possible across maturity sectors, measured in initial proceeds terms. The schedule for Q2 is otherwise unchanged.

UK 30-year yields have jumped this week.