Is a shaky U.S. bond market good for Canada?
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Is a shaky U.S. bond market good for Canada?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 10, 202626 min

Many economists say the bond market is the most important financial market in the world. It sets the baseline for almost everything Canadians borrow: mortgages, car loans, lines of credit. And right now, it’s looking pretty weird. 30-year U.S. Treasury yields are the highest they’ve been since 2007, in the runup to the great financial crisis. The U.S. now spends more on interest payments than they do on defence. Canadian bond yields are rising too. But, on the whole, the market here seems more stable than it i...

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