US inflation fell sharply to 3 per cent in June, the $1.35tn US junk bond market has shrunk by almost $200bn since its all-time peak in late 2021, and tensions started to boil over during Nato’s two-day summit.
Mentioned in this podcast:
US inflation slows to 3% as interest rate rises bite
US junk bond market shrinks as rising rates put off borrowers
‘We’re not Amazon’: tensions with Ukraine surface at Nato summit
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