Adding $2.4 trillion to the national debt while tariffs boost inflation makes for a poisonous investment cocktail. Could Chinese government bonds be the right move?

The downgrade of the country’s credit rating by Moody’s hurt investor confidence. So has trade policy, and ballooning federal debt.

The bond market is flashing a warning sign about the economy. Treasury yields continued their ascent in early trading, with 30-year yields touching 5.117%. On Wednesday, they settled at their [highest

Continued worries about the U.S. fiscal outlook triggered another selloff in long-dated U.S. government debt as of Wednesday morning, pushing the yield on the 30-year bond back above 5% for the second time this week in what turned out to be a problematic development for stocks.

Given the surge in yields, there has been a shake-up in the relationship between Treasury yields and dividend yields for stocks. Click to read.

Yields were slightly lower after stabilizing in the previous session, after Trump’s tax bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

World shares were mixed on Friday as U.S. Treasury yields eased after a rocky week due to worries in the bond market over mounting U.S. government debt.