“The cost for the U.S. government to borrow money hit its highest level since 2007 on Tuesday, the latest in a worrisome series of developments that have rattled global markets and American consumers alike,” the Washington Post reports.
“The sell-off in U.S. Treasury securities — at $31 trillion the world’s largest financial market — comes amid surging public debt in the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada; renewed conflict in the Middle East; and uncertainty about the Federal Reserve’s intentions.”
”The rise in long-term Treasury yields creates another headwind for the U.S. economy, one that will lift borrowing costs for businesses and consumers as well as official Washington.”
Bloomberg: Global bond slump raises Fed questions.
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