OT: American Politics
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lecoqsportif
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Krugman with a good/scary piece about bond markets.
Equity is one thing… but if it spills over to bond markets. Uh oh.
Equity is one thing… but if it spills over to bond markets. Uh oh.
manny
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They’ll buy truckloads of goods, and then US border agents will make them pay big duties on their way back into the US. Because smart.
lecoqsportif
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A market to buy and sell all kinds of treasury bills/bonds issued by governments, utilities, corporations, etc. Allows investors (including pension funds, insurance cos) to hold assets to achieve desired levels of liquidity and cash flow from bond payments. A bond issued by X can be traded after it’s issued by any number investors.
Anyway, the bond market is typically viewed as more sober than the speculative stock markets and is perhaps a more concrete signal that some bad shit is going down. For instance, if some bond prices are getting pushed down and buyers are seeking a higher return (interest rate) it’s because they expect inflation to increase. That’s not a great sign. (And there are other key measures, such as the yield curve that points to risk of recession.)
Krugman points out something kinda scarier in his article … that some bond holders are now in a “dash for cash” - that they want out altogether. They are seeking safe harbour by increasing their cash holdings. Not a good sign.
zeke
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Bonds are how governments raise money i.e. debt.
Currently it looks like everyone is selling their US bonds, which have always been the safest of havens during a financial crisis.
This means that a) the world is losing confidence in the US economy and b) the cost of financing its debt is skyrocketing for the US.
Currently it looks like everyone is selling their US bonds, which have always been the safest of havens during a financial crisis.
This means that a) the world is losing confidence in the US economy and b) the cost of financing its debt is skyrocketing for the US.
zeke
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zeke
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zeke
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And that last statement is how they plan on financing the tax cuts to billionaires.
This is as much a sell off to gain cash positions but also to screw over Trumps agenda.
zeke
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zeke
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And remember this isnt (just) a wall street thing.
This is a main street thing - it's hard to see how we won't see a huge number of small businesses fail almost immediately after their current inventory runs out.
View: https://x.com/AGHamilton29/status/1909839323249479928
This is a main street thing - it's hard to see how we won't see a huge number of small businesses fail almost immediately after their current inventory runs out.
View: https://x.com/AGHamilton29/status/1909839323249479928
Wayward DP
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Such a tone deaf dummy. Hard not to let this tarnish his legacy. Shoulda just kept his mouth shut.Speaking of…
I have ‘no political power’ over Donald Trump or Mark Carney: Wayne Gretzky
Retired NHL great Wayne Gretzky downplayed his influence on Donald Trump in his first public comments since the U.S. president began his second term and began making references to making Canada the 51st state.www.ctvnews.ca
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Those are pretty insane comments, honestly. I… don’t think that will help.
Kritter
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Isn’t there a price point that makes it worthless for American drillers to keep pumping?
zeke
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G-Dub
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imagine getting paid for this "analysis"