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Felix Nikolas Prehn: What Happens When Interest Costs Outrun Growth

I break down the growing signs that the US Treasury is leaning on the bond market while long-term yields keep rising anyway. Then I connect that bond math to real life: mortgage rates, inflation pressure tied to AI spending, and how concentrated the stock market has become.

• how Treasury yields act as the price of money for mortgages, loans, and pensions

• why foreign demand is fading and why the Fed is no longer the default buyer

• what Treasury buybacks signal and why shifting to short-term bills changes the risk

• Morgan Stanley’s R versus G framework and what happens when interest costs…

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