Jason Palmer

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3,896 appearances 104 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard yesterday

Jason Palmer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 104 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 32.

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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. voice-verified

I'm Jason Palmer. voice-verified

Today on the show, the grave hacking threat to America's water supplies and the politics of accents in Britain. voice-verified

But first voice-verified

Скот Беснт, Америка'с Трежері секретарі, газ хада бізи век. voice-verified

What with all those Iran sanctions we talked about yesterday? voice-verified

Before that though, he did something that now has the bond market collectively scratching its head. voice-verified

See, yields, the interest on bonds, are way up. voice-verified

Governments selling bonds is actually borrowing money from the buyer. voice-verified

Higher and higher yields means paying buyers back more and more when the bonds come due. voice-verified

Last week, America's ten-year treasury bonds hit their highest yield since January 2025. voice-verified

Longer dated thirty year bonds, the highest since two thousand seven. voice-verified

Mr. voice-verified

Bessant doesn't seem to like the look of government borrowing being that costly. voice-verified

So he said that the Treasury would buy up Treasury bonds. voice-verified

Demand goes up, price goes up, yield goes down, problem solved, right? voice-verified

Which is a little like a shop owner buying her own stock to bump up the sales numbers. voice-verified

Josh Roberts is our capital markets correspondent. voice-verified

Well let's start with why the yields are so high in the first place. voice-verified

So explain to me then what it is mister Bestant is trying to do with what he's done. voice-verified

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