The 10-year Treasury yield hit its highest since 2007, the national debt crossed $40 trillion, and the deficit is at $2 trillion. Congress isn't acting, and the bond market is starting to price in the risk.
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Bond market distress and Fed calm the day
The bond market is screaming, but the Fed is telling everyone to relax. Treasury yields hit their highest since 2007, the national debt crossed $40 trillion, and the deficit is at $2 trillion. Meanwhile, the Fed's top deputies stepped in to calm markets, signaling no imminent rate hike. It's a tense standoff between fiscal reality and monetary patience.
Bond market jitters
The bond market is flashing red, but the Fed is pushing back against panic.
Fed Vice Chair Jefferson and NY Fed President Williams gave coordinated speeches to cool expectations of an imminent rate hike. They're buying time, but the bond market isn't convinced.
Paul Krugman's latest argues that high debt levels aren't the problem, it's the surge in interest rates making that debt expensive to service. A useful counterpoint to the panic.
AI and tech tensions
AI companies are making big moves, but the mood around them is shifting from euphoria to caution.
Anthropic is targeting a November IPO at a $1.8 to $2 trillion valuation. The filing highlights rapid revenue growth, steep losses, and stark warnings about existential AI risks, a lot to price in.
Nvidia's AI boom has everyone talking about Warren Buffett's 1999 tech warning again. Transformative tech doesn't mean every leading company is a good investment at any price.
Google has the best AI money can buy, but its products still feel broken. Users are frustrated with misinterpreted queries and broken search results, the gap between capability and execution is real.
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