Bloomberg: “Bessent’s Bond Gains Wiped Out as Treasury Yields Jump Again”

Today:

The pressure is impacting long-dated bonds around the world, due to the same concerns about the oil-driven inflation shock and government spending. Germany’s 30-year yields touched the highest since 2011, and the equivalent UK rate rose to a level last seen in 1998. Australian peers set a fresh record high in data going back to 2016, while the yield on a Bloomberg index of global sovereign bonds climbed the highest in almost two decades.

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Seven Graphs for the Financial System

Apropos of nothing except current (financial system) events (Fall teaching), some pictures to elicit thoughts.

  • Debt rising fast even at full employment
  • Stock market near peak?
  • Fed funds rate above Taylor rule implied levels.
  • Fed credibility lower under Trump 2.0.
  • Stablecoins after GENIUS.
  • And (not on the syllabus), dollar reserve currency domination eroded (see Eichengreen in NYT yesterday).

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