Trump’s Next Hurdle: The Bond Market Hates His ‘Beautiful Bill’

May 22, 2025, 4:18 PM UTC

President Donald Trump cut a deal with blue-state Republicans on taxes and put down an 11th-hour rebellion by conservatives over spending to get his “one big, beautiful bill” passed by the House.

But if he’s going to shepherd the signature legislative package of his second term through the Senate, he may have to reckon with an even more demanding constituency: customers for the ballooning amount of US debt.

With the yield on 30-year Treasury bonds again passing the 5% mark on Wednesday, the nation’s creditors injected a dose of harsh economic reality into Trump’s fiscal policy — and not for ...

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