Scott Bessent becomes the tip of the spear in the U.S. war on Iran and the bond vigilantes
Facing an increasingly aggressive Iran and a slumping bond market, the Trump administration is betting that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ...
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Treasury’s recent moves in the bond and currency markets add up to ‘soft-form financial repression’
With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the ...
Debt has become the main character on Wall Street as markets decide it’s now gotten out of control
The enormous mountain of debt hanging over the economy has overshadowed the AI boom as the center of attention on ...
The UK is getting a new prime minister, but bond investors are really in charge and ‘hyper-reactive’
Andy Burnham will become the United Kingdom’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, and must face the consequences ...
Amazon’s $25B ‘surprise’ bond sale lured buyers in with extra yield—flashing an AI boom warning sign
Bond investors haven’t been rattled as they’ve watched AI giants rack up $270 billion in debt this year. But on ...
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