Is government debt is a problem, when they can create their own money. The only concern is when money is owed in a foreign currency. So we should be less concerned about government debt and more worried about our trade deficit.
A blanket approach offering rich metadata to any law enforcement agency that wants it is probably not the best way forward. There needs to be a clearer definition of the various types of metadata, some of which should require a warrant to access.
Bond yields are on the rise in the US and Australia. NAB’s David de Garis says, in both cases, it’s been disappointment in the central banks for not doing more to keep control. Inflation fears have been fuelled further by OPEC+ failing to ease production cuts and sending prices higher.