Investors pumped $22.5 billion into US bond funds in a single week — the highest amount since 2007

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• US bond markets touched a record investment level of $22.5 billion over one week, the Financial Times said on Friday.
• The level of cash infusion into bond markets and extrange-traded-funds was the highest since 2007.
• Bond markets seem to be attracting investors despite carrying higher risk compared to the safe haven money markets that saw outflows of $36 billion in the same week.
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The US bond fund market saw inflows of a record $22.5 billion in the week of April 27 to May 3 as investors shifted out of safer money markets to the riskier long-term option, the Financial Times reported.

Volume expansion into US bond mutual and exchange-traded-funds — securities traded on stock exchanges — was the highest since 2007, FT said, citing data from EPFR.

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