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Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds.

Normally, investors rush into Treasurys at a whiff of economic chaos but now they are selling them as not even the lure of higher interest payments on the bonds is getting them to buy.

The freak development has experts worried that big banks, funds and traders are losing faith in America as a good place to store their money.

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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Confidence in the US is falling? How could that be????????

[–] tkohldesac@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve never come into a comments section and seen my EXACT thoughts on the matter before. Well done, sexy_peach.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago

🖤

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

“I solved that problem very quickly. I’m very good at this.”

Imma just go curl up in the corner a whimper a bit, don’t mind me

[–] jabeez@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago

Ya think?!? Oy, msm gonna just keep pretending this is all normal and not a five-alarm dumpster fire.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

"Freak" = "Rational"