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Good morning. The 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.23% on Friday, the highest since 2007, and the more interesting part of the story isn't inflation — it's debt. Strategists say the bigger driver this year is the sheer volume of bonds hitting the market, as AI infrastructure buildouts push companies to issue corporate debt at a scale investors haven't absorbed before, layered on top of a federal government already running wide deficits. That combination is doing what rate hikes alone haven't: dragging borrowing costs for mortgages, corporate loans, and everything else higher across the board. It's a reminder that the AI boom isn't just a story about chips and valuations — it's now visibly showing up in credit markets and the cost of money itself. Below: today's five recent stories across markets, AI, policy, and security. | |||||
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