Normally, investors rush into Treasurys at a whiff of economic chaos but now they are selling them as not even the lure of higher interest payments on the bonds is getting them to buy. The freak development has experts worried that big banks, funds and traders are losing faith in America as a good place to store their money.

“The fear is the U.S. is losing its standing as the safe haven,” said George Cipolloni, a fund manager at Penn Mutual Asset Management. “Our bond market is the biggest and most stable in the world, but when you add instability, bad things can happen.”

That could be bad news for consumers in need of a loan — and for President Donald Trump, who had hoped his tariff pause earlier this week would restore confidence in the markets.

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      Yes which is why warfare is a struggle where you make your enemy so completely devoid of any desperation that they cannot fight anymore.

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      We got powerful armed unions after the Ludlow massacre/10 day war, and workers rights/min wage/40hr work week after triangle factory fire and the ensuing riots.

      Blacks got the right to vote after the death of MLK and the ensuing riots and organized violence of the Black Panthers.

      It’s sad how suppressed our educations are in this police state of a country.