Why are bond markets throwing a tantrum?
Sell-off in the bond market hits equities as fears grow that trillions of dollars of government spending and money creation will reignite inflation
26 February 2021 - 10:42
London — If there is no taper, why the tantrum?
A surge in government bond yields this month and related wobble in equities has markets harking back to 2013’s “taper tantrum” — when the prospect of the Federal Reserve winding down its bond-buying nearly doubled 10-year US Treasury yields in four months and briefly knocked world shares by 10%...
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