US debt reckoning escalates sharply as top bond buyer pulls back from long-term Treasuries

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : While there is no organized group of vigilantes coordinating market moves at a specific debt level, clues about the potential for vigilantism can be found in what the largest bond investors are doing, wrote chief investment officer of non-traditional strategies Marc Seidner and portfolio manager Pramol Dhawan.
45% : Investors had already exhibited tepid demand at some U.S. bond auctions while also sending Treasury yields higher, especially after Donald Trump won the presidential election as his plan for tax cuts was seen deepening deficits.
39% : While Elon Musk has vowed to slash spending by $2 trillion through his Department of Government Efficiency, budget experts have said that's not realistic without steep cuts to entitlements, which Trump has vowed not to do.

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