Bonds

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300 years of wars show they are ‘always disaster times’ for holders of government debt because of inflation and financial repression

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U.S. debt is competing with a record supply of corporate bonds, pushing up the cost of federal borrowing just as war spending piles up

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Google, Meta, and Oracle are on a $1 trillion borrowing spree and there will be ‘winners and losers in this environment,’ bond fund manager says

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A U.S. ‘debt spiral’ could start soon as the interest rate on government borrowing is poised to exceed economic growth, budget watchdog says

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China might be beginning to back away from U.S. debt as investors get nervous about overexposure to American assets

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Economy

Dow futures rise after index tops 50,000 for the first time while landslide election in Japan sends U.S. bond yields higher

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Economy

This ‘mutually assured destruction’ threat in the $7.3 trillion JGB market helps prevent Japan from triggering a debt crisis — for now

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Trump thinks a weaker dollar is great, but the U.S. needs a stable currency as national debt heads toward $40 trillion, former Fed president says
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Trump thinks a weaker dollar is great, but the U.S. needs a stable currency as national debt heads toward $40 trillion, former Fed president says

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Bonds 101: What investors need to know about the ‘shock absorber of the portfolio’

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The U.S. has ‘escalation dominance’ in a debt war: Europe would face a violent market crash if it dumps Treasuries
Economy

The U.S. has ‘escalation dominance’ in a debt war: Europe would face a violent market crash if it dumps Treasuries

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the 56th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026.
Economy

Scott Bessent insists he’s ‘not concerned at all’ about investors selling America—despite the fact it’s unraveled tariffs before

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