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Why Japan is leading the global bond selloff
As global bond yields spike amid the latest Middle East tremors, Japan is at the epicenter. Surging US Treasury rates are getting most of the attention – even from geopolitical observers like Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer, who notes that the “Treasury will struggle to hold down long-term yields, as Congress has no appetite for fiscal consolidation and the Federal Reserve is moving in the opposite direction.” [...]