Bond markets defy Bessent’s attempt to force rates lower

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Bessent follows in the footsteps of Kuroda Scott Foster reports that markets are already resisting Scott Bessent’s effort to suppress long-term US yields through Treasury bond purchases, while coordinated US-Japan currency intervention has failed to stabilize the yen. Debt deluge drives bond yields to the danger zone Diego Faßnacht argues that the global bond sell-off has shifted from a rate-cycle story to a fiscal credibility crisis, with long yields rising as governments, AI infrastructure and defense spending compete for limited investor balance-sheet capacity. Ukraine’s wartime political consensus begins to fray James Davis reports that Russia retains the battlefield initiative while Ukraine faces deepening political strain in Kiev, renewed corruption allegations and growing Western doubts about Volodymyr Zelensky’s leadership.