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Economist warns Trump's policies create 'deadly cocktail' for bond market

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Economist Steve Hanke has described President Trump's policies as creating a "deadly cocktail" for the bond market, leading to a selloff and rising yields. Hanke identifies three key factors contributing to this situation: monetary policy, fiscal policy, and the Federal Reserve's inflation target. The bond vigilantes, investors who punish perceived reckless fiscal or monetary policy by selling government debt, have re-emerged, pushing yields past informal defense thresholds set by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. This has led to coordinated actions, such as a joint yen-buying operation with Japan, to stabilize the market. AI

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Economist warns Trump's policies create 'deadly cocktail' for bond market

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Nick Lichtenberg ·

    Top economist on Trump’s ‘deadly cocktail’ for the bond market—and how the bond vigilantes have crossed Scott Bessent’s ‘red line’

    "The bond vigilantes have come out of hibernation," Johns Hopkins' Steve Hanke told Fortune, and "the inflation genie is out of the bottle."

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