The Great Bond Car Wreck — in Slow Motion
About this episode
The episode discusses the global decline in bond markets and its implications for investors and economies.
Across developed markets, bond markets are staging a slow-motion car wreck. As Opinion columnist and senior markets editor John Authers puts it, the phenomenon is truly global. Authers and Robin J. Brooks, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former chief economist at the Institute of International Finance, join host Stephanie Flanders to explain why investors have turned sharply against government bonds across the world’s major developed economies — and how the fallout could affect us all. Read John Authers's column here: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-05-19/the-great-bond-car-wreck-in-slow-motion And find Robin J. Brooks's substack here: https://robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/liz-truss-bond-market-blow-ups See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: Stephanie Flanders
Guests: John Authers, Robin J. Brooks
Topics covered
- bond markets
- investor behavior
- government bonds
- developed economies
- economic fallout
Keywords
- bond markets
- government bonds
- investors
- economic impact
- developed markets
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Brookings Institution, Institute of International Finance, Bloomberg
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