View to a killing: bond yields rise and rise
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The Economist
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🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Though central banks have cut interest rates, uncertainty about the future has sent yields sky-high. Our correspondent explains why expectations diverge from the economic data, and the impact on borrowers. Donald Trump’s desire to control Greenland using economic or military force provoked outrage. But could America buy the country (9:01)? And why Singapore’s iconic hawker centres are under threat (17:41).
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| 0:33.0 | The Economist |
| 0:34.4 | Hello and welcome. The Economist. |
| 0:43.7 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:45.3 | I'm your host, Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:49.8 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. Donald Trump raised hackles with his comment that America might try and take control of Greenland using economic or even military force. |
| 1:03.7 | But our correspondent has a different idea. Could the US buy Greenland? |
| 1:10.4 | And Singapore is famous for its hawker centres, state-run food courts where small stalls sell all |
| 1:17.0 | manner of cuisines. |
| 1:18.6 | We chew over why that delicious cheap fare is now under threat. But first... |
| 1:37.3 | Governments in rich countries generally love to spend, |
| 1:44.0 | and more often than not not they spend a lot more |
| 1:46.2 | than they take in in taxes. Josh Roberts is our capital markets correspondent. So to make up the |
| 1:54.9 | difference, they issue bonds. Bonds are IOUs that promise investors a steady stream of interest |
| 2:00.4 | or a yield on the debt |
| 2:02.1 | before the government eventually pays it all back. |
| 2:04.5 | Once things get this extreme, how many more days are rates going to go? |
| 2:07.6 | Because the momentum clearly is stronger dollar, higher rates right now. |
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