Global bond yields soar to multi-decade highs as Middle East turmoil reignites inflation fears

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/01/bond-yields-iran-inflation-treasurys-japan-uk.html

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Maeve@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 3d (1 reply)

I'm sure USA buying back their own bonds and printing more dollars has nothing to do with it.

MrMakabar@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 3d

They are not doing that right now. The last time the Fed did quantitative easing was in 2020.

manxu@piefed.social · 2 pts · 3d

It's weird: just like America's refusal to get on board with climate change action affects island nations first that had nothing to do with the problem, America's war will drag under countries that had nothing to do with it, that just happened to have a credit crunch or a moment of political instability.