5/19/2026 - What’s your reaction to the surge in the Producer Price Index? What’s going on in the bond market?
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of the Iran War on the Producer Price Index and the subsequent effects on the bond market.
Phil, Mike, and Larry discuss how the Iran War caused a spike in the Producer Price Index, a key inflation number. In April, the PPI rose 1.4 percent, the fastest one-month increase in four years, and jumped 6 percent from a year ago, nearly triple what forecasters had expected. They then talk about how inflation fears caused a global bond rout which pushed the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond past 4.6% to hit its highest point in 15 months. Submit your questions to question@2questiontuesda...
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