Debt Market Distortions Go Global as Nothing Makes Sense Anymore

  • Rates on interest-rate swaps plunge below Treasury yields
  • Worries over `something bigger brewing under the surface'

What's Driving Swap Spreads Lower?

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Something very strange is happening in the world of fixed income.

Across developed markets, the conventional relationship between government debt -- long considered the risk-free benchmark -- and other assets has been turned upside-down.