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Trump, Vance and Bessent try to calm the bond market with 'alternative facts'

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By Brett Arends Verified
| MSN Verified
It's even worse than you think. In response to the growing crisis surrounding the bond market and the national debt, President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are trying to talk the crisis down. And they are doing so with their usual brand of nonsense and … er … “ alternative facts .” The most charitable explanation is that they simply think the $40 trillion Treasury bond market has somehow got it wrong and is mispricing interest rates and risk.
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Trump, Vance and Bessent try to calm the bond market with 'alternative facts'

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By Brett Arends Verified
| longbridge.com
By Brett Arends Maybe this stuff works on TV or on the stump. But it doesn't work on Wall Street, where people can count. Don't believe the bond market. Believe me. It's even worse than you think. In response to the growing crisis surrounding the bond market and the national debt, President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are trying to talk the crisis down. And they are doing so with their usual brand of nonsense and ... er ...
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Opinion: Trump, Vance and Bessent try to calm the bond market with ‘alternative facts’

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By Brett Arends Verified
| MarketWatch Verified
It’s even worse than you think. In response to the growing crisis surrounding the bond market and the national debt, President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are trying to talk the crisis down. And they are doing so with their usual brand of nonsense and … er … “alternative facts.” The most charitable explanation is that they simply think the $40 trillion Treasury bond market has somehow got it wrong and is mispricing interest rates and risk.
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