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EPISODE · Jun 18, 2021 · 10 MIN

Black Americans’ unease with official embrace of Juneteenth

from FT News Briefing

The premium above super-safe US Treasuries that investors demand to buy risky corporate debt has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade, and tensions between Hong Kong and Taiwan threaten one of the region’s most important trade and investment relationships. Plus, the FT’s race and equalities correspondent, Taylor Nicole Rogers, explains why some black Americans take a dim view of America’s newfound embrace of the Juneteenth holiday. Bond spreads collapse as investors rush into risky corporate debthttps://wwww.ft.com/content/ed39b06a-a9e1-4e6c-9fa1-f386d06d6410?Hong Kong-Taiwan spat threatens cross-Strait businesshttps://www.ft.com/content/7e3845c2-7fc7-4199-8fc2-8c7cc66111abCompanies’ embrace of Juneteenth holiday rings hollow to somehttps://www.ft.com/content/512973a1-0adf-4f6b-91f5-e2fc33a6bb3eRonaldo’s Coke moment signals shifting balance of power in sporthttps://www.ft.com/content/e11ec659-d386-47f5-b284-c6951fa45870 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The premium above super-safe US Treasuries that investors demand to buy risky corporate debt has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade, and tensions between Hong Kong and Taiwan threaten one of the region’s most important trade and investment relationships. Plus, the FT’s race and equalities correspondent, Taylor Nicole Rogers, explains why some black Americans take a dim view of America’s newfound embrace of the Juneteenth holiday. Bond spreads collapse as investors rush into risky corporate debthttps://wwww.ft.com/content/ed39b06a-a9e1-4e6c-9fa1-f386d06d6410?Hong Kong-Taiwan spat threatens cross-Strait businesshttps://www.ft.com/content/7e3845c2-7fc7-4199-8fc2-8c7cc66111abCompanies’ embrace of Juneteenth holiday rings hollow to somehttps://www.ft.com/content/512973a1-0adf-4f6b-91f5-e2fc33a6bb3eRonaldo’s Coke moment signals shifting balance of power in sporthttps://www.ft.com/content/e11ec659-d386-47f5-b284-c6951fa45870 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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