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Bessent’s Bond Maneuvers Giving Global Debasement Trade New Life

Scott Bessent’s bid to tame US borrowing costs knocked down long-term yields for barely a day. The more lasting market signal: the dollar weakened while gold and Bitcoin rallied, reinforcing a debasement trade fueled by swelling US deficits and concerns over the direction of US economic policy.

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