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Is Scott Bessent winning the wrong battle in markets? (opens the original)
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Despite the Treasury secretary’s intervention in the yen, US bond yields are climbing higher and higher THE good news for Scott Bessent, the prickly US Treasury secretary, is that he has established control over one of the world’s most challenging financial markets, seemingly imposing his will against the odds where many before him have failed. The bad news is that this is not at home, but in Japan. Currency-market specialists are still reeling from the news at the very end of July that the US h
Bossing the bond market around never works (opens the original)
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Despite the US Treasury secretary’s efforts, investors worry something is up [WASHINGTON] US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s running battle with the bond market is starting to resemble his boss’ war in Iran – started by his own hand, with a tangled set of objectives, an underestimated opponent and an implausible path to victory. And like the conflict in the Middle East, we are all going to suffer its effects. The latest skirmish came on Wednesday (Aug 19) when, in an unscheduled announcement,
Traders are spoiling for a fight over the yen (opens the original)
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After historic US-Japan intervention on the currency, the risk of market ructions is again rising TWO weeks after the historic joint US-Japanese effort to stop the rot in the yen, it is increasingly clear that the market is in the mood for a fight. The Japanese currency did perk up, a fortnight ago, when US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent embarked on the first bilateral intervention in the yen since 1998. The New York Fed’s yen-buying endeavours helped to pull the US dollar down from an eye-wat
Prepare for a perilous summer in markets (opens the original)
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Potential hotspots include a reformist new Fed chair, weak yen and high-stakes earnings season FINANCIAL markets are rolling into the summer with a near-perfect set-up for some outbreaks of madness. The summer months in the northern hemisphere are always a fertile time for market shake-ups. When senior traders and investors head to the beach, often leaving a more junior crew behind, trading volumes tend to shrink, and the lubrication behind markets evaporates. Gaps open up where lots of tradeabl
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