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Question, "UK government bonds, known as gilts, are getting dumped" Why are they being dumped/sold? Why is UK debt being sold? "A two-day sell-off sent 30-year gilt yields to about 5.7%, near their highest since 1998, while the 10-year hovered around 5.1%, close to an 18-year high. Yields have risen roughly 85 basis points since the start of the conflict cited in the original report – about twice the move in comparable US or German debt – which is already showing up in government auctions at the highest yields in years. Markets are juggling two forces: higher oil prices are reki.." Article fades out here

Current Thread	Author	Time
UK just can't stop winning at the moment. ....[more]	JonH🍕	13:59:47
>> Question, "UK government bonds, known as gilts, are getting dumped"...[more]	LP12	14:54:12
>> To Labour's credit, done their bit to eradicate boom & bust....[more]	JonH🍕	14:59:14
>> What next,, begging Putin for his oil & gas?	JonH🍕	15:00:03
>> Imagine I am someone who knows nothing of the inner werkings of the %&!*@ng ... [more]	LP12	15:10:58
>> Shares got cheaper. Lack of confidence. Flight to cash.	Denc 🗡	17:11:53
>> Lack of confidence surely? Perhaps energy is the catalyst here but there ... [more]	JonH🍕	15:34:11
>> UK could be the first of many sovereign debt crises....[more]	JonH🍕	15:51:58
>> Another million Pakistani welfare scammers and the government will go ... [more]	Denc 🗡	17:15:18
>> From: JonH...[more]	LP12	16:08:26
>> USA debt now 50 trillion, or summat like that but they petro dollar ... [more]	LP12	16:26:59
>> Aliens, hedge funds . ....[more]	JonH🍕	16:54:33
>> We must factor in the fact Bank of England owned by Rothschilds ... [more]	LP12	17:04:20
>> Run by a committee of blinkered clowns.	Denc 🗡	17:17:05
>> Eventually they will let the market decide interest rates.As ... [more]	Denc 🗡	17:18:08
>> Essentially what just happened	JonH🍕	17:28:27
>> Back then it was revolutionary to talk of floating ... [more]	Denc 🗡	17:21:15
>> Takes some skill and planning to run a nation into the ground.	JonH🍕	17:12:21
>> Whatever happened to him. ? I like his style	JonH🍕	16:09:50
>> In contrast, 3rd world Morocco, whose bonds are barely investment grade...10yr is 3.33%	JonH🍕	14:19:10
>> Almost worth buying at 5.7%	Denc 🗡	14:05:17
>> Just have hope they don't default.	Free Thinking Doggie	14:11:02

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