TOKYO – Last month, former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers drew chuckles when he said the Federal Reserve’s next action might be to tighten, not ease, interest rates. Few bond traders are laughing now. The odds are still low that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s team will raise borrowing costs anytime soon. But near-universal earlier expectations […]
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