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Dark days for the less-mighty dollar

The world’s reserve currency gets a sharp shock

And the FTAV charts quiz winner is . . .

Even Cathie Wood thinks the US is entering a recession

Whatever happened to that 7% growth rate?

‘This is not normal’

An end-of-week inbox raid

Office for National Statistics UK

The ’Spoons in our stats

Two of Alphaville’s favourite topics finally cross over

FTAV’s Friday charts quiz

Chartificial intelligence

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Mortgages; Max Romeo; markets; Broadway; Howard Lutnick; Monty Python; teeth; and nuclear power

US Treasury bonds

The optimal way to bail out breaking Treasury basis trades

A new Fed facility?

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A Treasury market meltdown postmortem

Swapsmageddon or a Basisclysm?

US Treasury bonds

An apology to the bond vigilantes

And a thank you from FT Alphaville

Markets calling off America’s Greatest Depression

For now, at least!

Tariffs are coming for my . . . nuclear warheads?

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