Bessent's bond market gambit backfires as inflation worries rise

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's strategy to calm bond markets is instead stirring inflation worries, with the so-called breakeven rate — a measure of inflation expectations embedded in bond prices — hitting its highest levels in more than two months. Investors fear the manoeuvre may be stoking rather than containing inflation expectations. The development complicates the US monetary policy outlook.

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