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Scott Bessent takes on bond vigilantes in $32tn Treasury market
Wall Street investors say move to buy more long-term US debt is a ‘band-aid on a bullet hole’
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Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did
Young non-graduate men face unique setbacks
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The battle over golf’s future
New management wants the sport to become more commercial, but others worry billionaires have too much say
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North Korea enjoys rare ‘dash for flash’
Kim Jong Un’s backing for Russian war on Ukraine fuels construction boom and sales of luxury goods
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What is Bessent doing — and will it work?
US Treasury secretary has made a high-stakes bet he can beat back soaring borrowing costs
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The US Treasury is buying long bonds, but not very many
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US long-term bonds slide as Bessent intervention fails to soothe investors
Yield on 30-year Treasuries rises despite move to ‘at least double’ purchases of securities
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Investors cut bets on US and UK rate rises
Weaker economic data has changed expectations despite a rally in oil prices
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Founder of collapsed Chinese property giant given life sentence
Evergrande chair Hui Ka Yan jailed following developer’s default almost five years ago
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Trump wants Washington museums to be less ‘woke’ on US slavery
Smithsonian Institution’s telling of American history becomes latest target of Maga movement