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Inflation sets a new price benchmark, rising costs endure as central banks keep pushing.

BY DAVID HAGGITH You may beat the inflation rate back down, but all future inflation happens from the new higher benchmark of prices that never fall back down, and central banks never stop trying to push them up. Photo by Rob on Unsplash “The time has come for cuts,” Powell said at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium Powell, of …

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The surge in benchmark interest rates is hammering the $10.6 trillion market for US corporate bonds once again.

by DesmondMilesDant Caption: High-quality debt created by data provider BondCliQ. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl…   Caption: This H-portfolio contains 30 bonds covering major sectors such as tech, utilities, energy and financials, and includes bonds sold by Deere Capital Corp., Lowe’s Cos Inc., AMZN etc.   This is the largest, most liquid, market in the world. It is heading …

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