Energy prices are forcing leaders into painful economic trade-offs | The Dip Podcast

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Governments promise tax cuts, investment and economic growth. But the investors financing those promises can force leaders to change course, abandon policies and even leave office. As an oil shock drives inflation and borrowing costs higher, Kathleen Brooks, Research Director at XTB, and Carsten Brzeski, Global Head of Macro at ING, explain who really controls the bond market, why America’s vast debt is becoming harder to ignore and what happens when governments lose the confidence of their lenders. #DWbusiness #DWdip Chapters: 0:00 The markets that can break governments 0:37 How much power does the bond market have? 3:37 Why government borrowing costs are rising 6:14 Why some countries are more vulnerable 7:38 Who lends money to governments? 8:52 How the oil shock drives up debt costs 11:25 Could Europe face an energy debt shock? 13:13 America’s rapidly rising interest bill 16:08 Could China use US debt as a weapon? 17:05 Why America is losing its borrowing advantage 18:33 What Trump

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