If You Don't Understand Pension Demand, You Don't Understand The Bond Market

By Casual Finance

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In 1985, Everybody Had One. Today? Nobody Does. The supply of long-dated government debt never shrank. The buyer built to absorb it did, and nothing was created to take its place. Pensions had to hold bonds to match what they owed. Those pensions are disappearing. Same supply. Far thinner demand.

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