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Wall Street is eyeing the bond market's long summer slump as oil price soar and debt levels escalate.
U.S. and U.K. 10-year government-bond yields rose to two-month highs while the equivalent German yield hit its highest level since 2011 as escalating clashes in the Middle East lifted Brent crude close to $100 a barrel.
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Bond ETF inflows are running 60% ahead of last year's level, which was itself a record pace, a rise that a BlackRock executive described as "shocking" to CNBC. Elevated stock market volatility, a new Fed chair, and ongoing inflation fears are all part of the picture as investors in the market hunt for maximum "real yield.
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