Markets shook after US President Donald Trump announced his so-called reciprocal tariffs earlier this month. But there was one market in particular that got investors particularly worried: Treasuries. What’s usually a safe haven asset suddenly saw huge sell-offs. Trump managed to avoid further pain by pausing large chunks of his tariffs, but the sell-off prompts a discussion about significant structural flaws in the market. The FT’s US markets editor Kate Duguid explains which cracks in the US Treasuries market we can't ignore.

Clip from The Wall Street Journal

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For further reading:

Why did Donald Trump buckle?

Is the world losing faith in the almighty US dollar?

The debt-fuelled bet on US Treasuries that’s scaring regulators

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