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Bond Market Gambit Sparks Inflation Concerns

Updated 2026-08-21 18:10 UTC 1 source Negative

Bessent's bond strategy aimed to calm markets but instead raised inflation worries, as the breakeven rate hit its highest level in over two months.

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