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title: "Bond vigilantes push back against the Fed’s inertia. Who pays the price?"
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description: "Retail investors who think the central bank should raise rates are forcing yields on long-term Treasuries to rise. Their big worries are sticky inflation and the ballooning federal deficit."
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# Bond vigilantes push back against the Fed’s inertia. Who pays the price?

Retail investors who think the central bank should raise rates are forcing yields on long-term Treasuries to rise. Their big worries are sticky inflation and the ballooning federal deficit.

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