government bonds
Nicholas Brooks warned that governments failing to control their finances could drive longer-term government-bond yields higher, creating a potentially self-reinforcing debt-service cycle and rising volatility. 1 Jack Farley highlighted that US Treasury bonds have sold off during some periods of stress rather than providing their usual risk-off protection. 1 Grant Williams argued that debt affordability concerns expose what government bonds are ultimately backed by, while Japan’s higher JGB yields could disrupt global capital flows. 2 Ray Dalio’s hosted explainer described central-bank purchases of government bonds as financing that allows states to operate during deficits, while warning that debt reduction requires balancing inflationary and deflationary forces. 3
From the window to Aug 1, 05:30 ET — this window's take is still to be written.
Where the voices land
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Mentions
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The stories
- ○ a voice, on the left
- ◌ a voice raising half of these
- ● a subject, on the right, under its story
- ⌒ a line is a voice raising a subject — thicker, more items; colour is the story
The stories this entity travels in: on the right, each story with the subjects seen alongside it; on the left, the voices that raised them, and a line for every subject a voice raised, bundled by story. Tap a voice to light everything it raises, a subject for who raised it, a story for its own lines. The crumb goes back.
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- Lyn Alden 1 mention
- jeroen blokland 1 mention
- Luke Gromen 1 mention
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