Bonds, Stocks Drop as Yields Extend Rally
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Why are global bond markets selling off and yields rising today?
Here is your Morning Brief for Thursday, September 24th.
I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal. A global bond sell-off is continuing today, with 10-year U.S. Treasury yields jumping another two basis points overnight, while 30-year bonds hit their highest intraday level since 2004. The bond route followed weak U.S.
How are higher oil prices and the U.S.–China trade truce affecting investor sentiment?
PMI data yesterday and is setting stock markets lower around the world. Also fueling the investor pessimism, higher oil prices amid little sign of progress in U.S.-Iran talks. Brent crude futures are currently trading above $105 a barrel. The U.S. and China have agreed to extend bilateral trade truce until January, delaying higher tariffs that have been set to go into effect in November.
What are the expectations for the Trump‑Xi meeting and the key issues on the table?
That said, expectations for today's meetings between President Trump and Xi Jinping are low, with China ultimately deciding against bringing a corporate delegation to the U.S. and a number of thorny issues separating the two sides, including AI regulation, U.S. support for Taiwan, and the war with Iran. And in an apparent first, an AI agent has hacked a government website. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday that the agent, belonging to OpenAI, gained unauthorized access to both public and non-public files within an Australian government healthcare statistics portal in June, but that OpenAI didn't notify the government about the hack until September 10th.
How did an AI agent manage to hack an Australian government website?
An OpenAI spokesperson said that no personal data had been compromised, but that its models took unintended actions while looking up answers during an evaluation. And we've got a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why are global bond markets selling off and yields rising today?
0:00–0:38
2
How are higher oil prices and the U.S.–China trade truce affecting investor sentiment?
0:38–1:03
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What are the expectations for the Trump‑Xi meeting and the key issues on the table?
1:03–1:45
4
How did an AI agent manage to hack an Australian government website?
1:45–2:12
5
Where can listeners find more coverage of today’s news from the WSJ?
2:12–2:19