Why 10-year Treasury note, dollar are getting hit by Germany’s spending plans
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How the House Republican budget plan hopes to cut trillions of dollars in spending
The budget plan that narrowly passed in the House of Representatives proposes trillions of dollars in cuts over 10 years. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.CBS News - Feb. 26 -
10-, 30-year yields rise as traders eye a military-spending boom in Germany
U.S. government debt mostly sold off on Tuesday, pushing 10- and 30-year yields higher for the first time in three sessions, as traders appeared to look past a tit-for-tat trade war and focused on ...MarketWatch - 1d -
Germany’s Merz in ‘difficult’ talks over plans to boost defence spending
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Why Germany’s debt rules are a bellwether for EU defence spending
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Germany’s ‘whatever it takes’ spending push to end years of stagnation
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How Washington plans to defend the dollar
Trade tariffs grab headlines but the less-visible fight around money matters deeply to the presidentFinancial Times - Feb. 22 -
Will history repeat? Why the dollar may fall, again, in first year of Trump term.
Strategists at Morgan Stanley say the U.S. dollar may fall this year, just as it did in the first year of the first Trump administration.MarketWatch - Feb. 24 -
China plans to spend 7.2% more on its military this year
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Postal strike hits 10% of German deliveries, further strikes planned
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