Slip the surly bonds? Scott Bessent goes on a yield trip

Amid record-tickling yields, the bond markets are now trying to make sense of what Scott Bessent, America’s Treasury secretary, has announced—a move that might put him on a collision course with the Federal Reserve. We ask why it is so easy for hackers to infiltrate America’s water infrastructure. And understanding a political lineage through the new British prime minister’s accent.

Guests and host:

• Joshua Roberts, capital markets correspondent
• Shashank Joshi, Washington bureau chief
• Lane Greene, language correspondent
• Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

• bond markets, Treasury, yields, Scott Bessent
• America, cyber-attacks, water, critical infrastructure
• British politics, Andy Burnham, accents, class angst

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