Interest rates, bank crises and your money
Money Clinic with Claer Barrett
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Government Bonds - Are They Safe?
Government bonds are entirely safe from that type of risk. There's another type of risk, which is interest rate risk. This is your bond loses 20 to 30% of its value because rates have gone up really fast. It wasn't just SVB that has had problems in the past week. Credit Suisse, lots of drama there, as well as other bank stocks around the world.
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