Thanks to Duncan for pointing out in a typically learned post that today’s fall in gilt yields proves my point that bonds behave in complex ways. This undermines Osborne’s simple-minded belief that bonds only respond to news on public debt. More power to the “crazy people” (read Duncan’s blog for an explanation).
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