How bonds make — and break — nations
The bond market is bigger than ever, and more influential
Unhedged · Financial Times & Pushkin Industries
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (sphinx.acast.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Bonds started as a tool of the state, but quickly came to determine its fortunes. Today on the show, FT Alphaville editor Robin Wigglesworth joins us to talk about how bonds have overtaken banking as the engine of the economy, and why that might be good and why that might be dangerous. Also, we go short the soft landing and long Nintendo.
Links:
How bonds ate the entire financial system
For a free 90-day trial to the Unhedged newsletter go to: https://www.ft.com/unhedgedoffer
Follow Ethan Wu (@ethanywu) and Katie Martin (@katie_martin_fx) on Twitter. You can email Ethan at [email protected].
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.