US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s interventions in the American bond market haven’t worked so far, but could interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan this week change things? Plus, Russia hit a Ukrainian train line moments after foreign dignitaries transited it, and the FT’s Zehra Munir explains how protesters cancelled a data centre project in Virginia.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Warsh and Trump on collision course as investors expect Fed to raise rates
Scott Bessent fails to break ‘fever’ in US bond market
Russia strikes Ukrainian train line moments after foreign dignitaries pass
The civil war in Data Centre Alley
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