The big news yesterday was the sell-off in the bond market. “All eyes on sudden spike in US Treasury yields,” says the headline in the Financial Times. The yield on the U.S. 10-year note rose above 3% for the first time in three months. The two-year note, meanwhile, moved above 1% yield. What does it mean? We are bearish on U.S. government paper – in all its forms…
February 11th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 8 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "asia"
Unemployment Set to Rise by Christmas
These are the sort of tiny decisions that lay behind the loss of 5,000 jobs yesterday. And this is why experts predict 2,000,000 people [in England] will be unemployed by Christmas.” In the United States, the figure is 10 million.
November 13th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
