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Slip the surly bonds? Scott Bessent goes on a yield trip
Published 2 weeks ago
Description
Amid record-tickling yields, the bond markets are now trying to make sense of what Scott Bessent, America’s Treasury secretary, has announced—a move that might put him on a collision course with the Federal Reserve. We ask why it is so easy for hackers to infiltrate America’s water infrastructure. And understanding a political lineage through the new British prime minister’s accent.
Guests and host:
- Joshua Roberts, capital markets correspondent
- Shashank Joshi, Washington bureau chief
- Lane Greene, language correspondent
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- bond markets, Treasury, yields, Scott Bessent
- America, cyber-attacks, water, critical infrastructure
- British politics, Andy Burnham, accents, class angst
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