March 6 (Reuters) - The worst selloff in euro zone
government bonds in over 25 years entered a second day on
Thursday, as investors braced for a sharp increase in debt
supply due as Germany prepared to dramatically incraese its
fiscal spending.
Germany is in for a massive ramp-up in spending, with a
special 500-billion euro fund for infrastructure, and plans to
exclude defence investment from its debt rules.
Germany's 10-year bond yield, the euro area's
benchmark, was up 7 basis points (bps) at 2.85%. It jumped by 30
bps the day before, in its biggest daily rise since May 1997.
Money markets showed traders also scaled back their bets on
European Central Bank monetary easing, just hours ahead of the
central bank's policy decision, pricing in a deposit rate of
2.12% by December from 1.92% late Tuesday.