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'Very Scary:' Markets Are Missing A Huge Warning Sign, Says Brookings Economist: Long-Term Debt Is Becoming 'Thoroughly Alarming' - Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ), SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY)
Benzinga· 2026-01-19 14:01
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution Robin Brooks warns that while markets focus on falling short-term rates, a “thoroughly alarming” spike in long-term government bond yields is flashing the early warning signs of a potential global debt crisis.Masking The DangerAccording to Brooks’ Substack post, the global economy may be headed into a sovereign debt crisis. He explains that while short-term interest rates have dropped recently due to fears of a U.S. recession, this cyclical decline is masking a str ...