Credit card debt has reached staggering heights nationwide, with the total rising over $1.21 trillion in mid-2025. The average American household now carries more than

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A global bond sell-off deepened on Wednesday, driving the yield on the 30-year US Treasury to 5 per cent for the first time since July,

In a car park on the outskirts of Bristol in south-west England, security is unusually tight. Anti-crash barriers block the entrance to a fenced compound