Global Bond Sell-Off Deepens as Inflation and AI Concerns Fuel Market Anxiety

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Global Bond Sell-Off Deepens as Inflation and AI Concerns Fuel Market Anxiety
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  1. Global bond sell-off deepens amid fears over inflation and AI issuance Long-term government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs

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    BBC Business

    Published Long-term borrowing costs across some of the word's biggest economies hit fresh highs because of concerns over inflation, government debt levels and spending on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

    MarketWatch

    The sell-off in global bond markets continued early Tuesday, pushing many benchmark borrowing costs to multi-year highs amid concerns about inflation, government budget deficits and increased supply of debt.

  2. Rates on car loans, credit cards and student debt are also directly or indirectly tied to bond yields, meaning those monthly payments could increase as well.

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    BBC Business

    Interest rates on bonds - which are a type of debt - are known as yields and can directly affect the borrowing costs consumers pay on mortgages, car loans and credit cards.

  3. The longer-dated 30-year Treasury bond yield fell over 1 basis point to 5.272%, after notching a new 19-year high on Tuesday at over 5.33%.

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    MarketWatch

    The yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD30Y, known as the long bond, which is particularly sensitive to rising inflation, is up nearly 2 basis points to 5.234%, its highest level since June 2007.

    Epoch Times Business

    The 30-year Treasury rate has been rising for the past two months after a brief decline, jumping from a low of 4.82 percent on June 25 to 5.32 percent on Tuesday.

  4. The U.S. saw a budget shortfall of $432.3 billion in July, the widest single-month gain since March 2021 and likely locking in a $2 trillion deficit for the full year ending Sept. 30. Total government debt is a hair below $40 trillion, with the public portion of that soon to hit 100% of gross domestic product.

  5. Tech Stocks AI chip stocks were riding high. Here’s why Micron and others are now pulling back.

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  1. 01 BBC Business

    The interest rate on US borrowing over 30 years hit 5.33% on Tuesday, the highest since June 2007, meanwhile UK long-term debt reached 5.85%. There were similar moves in Germany and Japan.

  2. 02 CNBC

    Treasury yields pulled back slightly on Wednesday from multi-decade highs seen on the previous day, as a sell-off at the long end of the curve eased investor jitters.

  3. 03 RealClearMarkets

    The US 30‑year Treasury yield rose sharply on Monday, breaking higher after spending the first half of August in a tight range. The move signals the bond market’s growing unease with several risk factors, including inflation and government debt. Read Full Article »

  4. 04 MarketWatch

    In a market where computing power is in short supply, Cerebras’s latest artificial-intelligence hardware promises ultrafast inference speeds. Can it deliver what customers and investors want to see?

  5. 05 Epoch Times Business

    The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield is trading at levels last seen 19 years ago, near the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis.

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Original Articles (16)

Center Global borrowing costs hit fresh highs — BBC Business
Center Treasury yields pull back from multi-decade highs ahead of FOMC minutes — CNBC
Center If AI is a bubble, could rising yields pop it? — CNBC
Center U.S. government debt yields are surging at a bad time. Here's what's behind the move — CNBC
Center Bond yields are climbing. Here’s what that means for mortgages and other consumer borrowing — CNBC
Center Analysis: Bond market pressure is squeezing Main Street as Wall Street waits on Warsh — CNBC
Center Widely followed investor survey shows extreme bullishness with little worry about rate hikes or AI spending — CNBC
Center Global bond sell-off deepens amid fears over inflation and AI issuance — Financial Times
Lean Right What's Behind The Bond Yield Spike — RealClearMarkets
Center Cerebras’s stock has been a post-IPO bust. Its comeback hinges on this new chip. — MarketWatch
Center Here’s a ‘ridiculously cheap’ way to protect yourself against a stock-market selloff — MarketWatch
Center AI chip stocks were riding high. Here’s why Micron and others are now pulling back. — MarketWatch
Center 6% Treasury yields are the biggest risk facing stocks right now. Here’s why. — MarketWatch
Center Stocks keep shrugging off rising Treasury yields. Here’s the level that could finally trigger a selloff. — MarketWatch
Center U.S. 30-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2007 amid global bond sell-off — MarketWatch
Lean Right 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits Highest Level in 19 Years — Epoch Times Business