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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28103623

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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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Crazy how fast we lost our standing.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

It’s all built on trust and stability which is hard to earn but oh so easy to throw away.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Yes, though Rome didn’t collapse in a day. This has been developing for decades.

“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.

“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”

— Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2025
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