(S+) Donald Trump and the Bond Markets: Economist Warns Against System Crash Through Debt Policy

Dollars down, inflation high and huge spending ideas: With its customs and debt policy, the US president risks a financial crisis, says economist Martin Lück. But something gives him hope.

Donald Trump wanted to reduce the US debt and initially succeeded. He was "successful" only when the sell-off of US bonds, which made the debt more expensive, "got him". The market forced Trump to capitulate, writes BH Securities a.s. analyst Timur Barotov in a commentary.

DMZ – POLICY ¦ Dirk Specht ¦ COMMENTARY The Trump administration's congenial negotiating strategy can be summed up as tactics, as the strongest player in the game just to threaten everyone else until the very great "deals" offer. The "small" problem of the matter: If the strongest player in a complex game damages the game itself, some of the threatening scenes he builds up in the distance can come to its effect. Experts have been pointing to the…