Debt Loads and Erratic Politics Haunt Bond Markets - MSN

(Bloomberg) -- The bond-market tremors came two weeks and two continents apart. The first was in mid-June, when French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a surprise election triggered ... Read More

Democrats Should Prepare for the Return of Debt Politics

Rising debt may force Democrats to revisit Clinton- and Obama-era strategies for balancing budgets and progressive priorities. Read More

Why we should stop worrying and learn to love the national debt

The U.S. government’s debt is not a cause for concern, as it is self-funded and the Federal Reserve can always step in to maintain an orderly market for U.S. Treasury securities. Read More

Trump's economic plans face 'highly unusual' bond market as ... - MSN

As a percentage of GDP, debt held by the public has jumped from 75% in 2017 to 96% today. These numbers will only get worse. Refinancing is not an option and a federal government bankruptcy is ... Read More

America’s Debt Problem Is Too Big for the Bond Vigilantes

Running on a campaign of fiscal rectitude and warning of disaster, Ross Perot shocked the political establishment by winning 19% of the popular vote in that year’s presidential election ... Read More

One Simple (Political) Reason to Explain Bond Yields

before that on a longer-term chart the move lower in U.S. Treasury yields doesn’t look so odd. In fact, it’s the sharp upwards move that starts to look weird. As Joe mentioned before , the ... Read More

Growing US debt burden spooks some bond investors as election looms

Yields for the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond are currently around 4.4%, which she said could rise to 8% or 10% over the next several years because, over the longer term, the lower rates are "not ... Read More

Bond yields spike, Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq, debt and deficit, mortgage ...

President Trump’s ‘big beautiful spending’ bill is giving investors pause as bond yields move higher over debt and deficit concerns. The 10-year Treasury yield topped 4.5% creating headwinds ... Read More

The Bond Markets Are Sending a Warning to Washington

This will be a particular problem for real commercial property developers that have $500 billion in debt maturing next year, when occupancy rates are unlikely to have recovered from the pandemic. Read More

How the Debt Could Hamstring Trump’s Agenda

Bond yields rose in the run-up to the Republican sweep as investors started to prepare to buy a new lump of debt to cover the roughly $5 trillion cost of extending the tax cuts Mr. Trump passed in ... Read More

Treasury yields end at nearly 2-week highs as traders ... - MarketWatch

The yield on the 30-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD30Y rose 2.9 basis points to 4.478%, from 4.449% on Friday. Monday’s closing levels for the 2- and 10-year yields are the highest since July 10. Read More