2026-09-24
23 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Jason Palmer.
Today on the show, checking in on Australia's social media ban
and Israel's series Fauda as a study in trauma.
But first,
We've been taking careful note of rising bond yields
all over the rich world and the jitters that come with them.
High yields mean high borrowing costs for governments,
businesses, and consumers alike.
Homeowners and house hunters might be reckoning that,
as has happened in the not-so-distant past,
all that bond twitchiness doesn't mean much for them.
Well, this time around, maybe it will.
The first thing people turn to when thinking about bond yields
is the effect on government debt and government borrowing,
but it could have another big effect on the economy,
which is in the housing market.
Callum Williams is our senior economics writer.
And that is because mortgages often track very closely