What's Behind the Bond Market Rollercoaster

On today’s Big Take podcast, Stacey Vanek Smith and Bloomberg Opinion’s John Authers unpack the bond market rollercoaster: a sell-off, the highest US 30-year bond yields since the financial crisis — and a sudden intervention.
Read more: The 30-Year Itch Comes for Bonds — and Brazi (bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-08-18/t…)
Further listening: What Higher Bond Yields Mean for Markets and Everyday Borrowers (Big Take Podcast) (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-higher-bond…)
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