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Oct 6
27m 48s

Equities track higher despite soaring so...

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As stock markets advance, so do bond yields, with the 10-year Treasury topping 5.3%, while investors continue to dump French paper, taking the spread with German bunds to its widest since the Eurozone debt crisis and the euro to a 17-month low. In the face of a looming debt spiral, former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane tells CNBC that governmen ... Show More
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