Faisal Islam: Why bond market wildfire is keeping world leaders up at night

Huge AI spending plans and the ongoing war in Iran are driving up borrowing costs around the world. It is not just the wildfire burning in the bond markets, with many countries facing interest rates at multi-decade highs. The markets lending money to governments appear to be changing more fundamentally too [1].

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1. bbc.co.uk · Faisal Islam: Why bond market wildfire is keeping world leaders up at night Sep 2, 2026

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