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Sovereign bond yields still being driven up by fire selling

Today’s further big increases in the yields of US Treasuries and UK Gilts appear to reflect continued fire selling of “safe” assets to cover losses on “riskier” ones, rather than worries about the implications of the massive fiscal support the US and UK have just pledged for inflation and their public finances. This conclusion can tentatively be drawn from three observations.

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