Guns, Butter & AI: Bessent's Bond Battle Raises Risk For Stocks, Dollar - Investor's Business Daily
Guns, Butter & AI: Bessent's Bond Battle Raises Risk For Stocks, Dollar - Investor's Business Daily
Source: Investor's Business Daily
―
DW NOTE
Bessent's facing the oldest budget trap in modern history: a $1.4 trillion deficit, 3.4% inflation, and equity markets priced for peace that hasn't arrived. The Strait of Hormuz is still closed, oil supply down 10 million barrels a day since March, and the S&P just hit 7,668—up 19.5% while the Fed hints at rate hikes. Bond yields will solve this equation whether Treasury wants them to or not.