Segments From This Episode

• An unsettled bond market

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Investors sold off U.S. treasury bonds in a wave starting on Monday, so prices tanked. And when that happens to bonds, it means yields — or the interest rates on bonds — go up. In other words, when prices are down, the U.S. government has to offer a higher interest rate to attract investors.

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• Can people agree upon a shared set of American ideals?

  by David Brancaccio and Ariana Rosas

  

  The Nationhood Lab recently released survey results that found a majority of Americans share a common view that the U.S. is held together by values espoused in the Declaration of Independence.

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