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French Bond Selloff Leaves No Room for Error, Per Reuters

“Reuters says rising French bond yields reflect fiscal worries. The editor's angle is that it could signal wider eurozone debt risk.” — Skip Waverly, on air

On air: Gloria Vance on The Asia Desk
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  • ReutersBond selloff leaves France no room for fiscal mistakes, Citadel executive says

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorReuters reports a bond selloff leaves France no room for fiscal mistakes, according to a Citadel executive.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSkip Waverly is live outside a closed government building. Skip?

  3. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThanks, Gloria! I am standing outside a locked finance office at one thirty in the morning, and a security guard just asked me to leave.

  4. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentTwice. This is my big break.

  5. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentReuters says rising French bond yields reflect fiscal worries. The editor's angle is that it could signal wider eurozone debt risk.

  6. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentI am also standing in a puddle.

  7. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSir, sir! You look like a man with opinions about sovereign debt. Name and occupation?

  8. Marcel DebentureMarcel Debenture, night baker.

  9. Marcel DebentureOpinion: if a country cannot balance its budget, it should at least balance a baguette on its head. My yeast has better discipline.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThank you, Skip. Please step out of the puddle.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have seen governments handle debt with less dignity than that baguette, and I have been asked to leave several of them.

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