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Looks like we're setting ourselves up for a junk bond bubble down the road.
by m3nu 6y ago
Looks like we're setting ourselves up for a junk bond bubble down the road.
- phyalow 6y agoCentral banks will just buy them onto their balance sheets. Its already begun: https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/30/1588254981000/How-should-the-Fed-buy-junk-bonds-/ https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/30/1588254981000/How-sho... https://www.afr.com/markets/debt-markets/why-the-rba-is-lending-against-corporate-bonds-20200505-p54q2v https://www.afr.com/markets/debt-markets/why-the-rba-is-lend...
- nerbert 6y agoThis is really worrying. There is no central bank of central bank, so this really is the last lifeline. The system has been pushed to its limit.
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- zhte415 6y agoA central bank is the lender of last resort. Bank of International Settlements is the central bank of central banks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_for_International_Settlements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_for_International_Settlem...
- wcoenen 6y agoHigh bond yields mean low bond prices, so this is more like a crash than a bubble. The bubble of low bond yields might be popping.