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The day a market rout turned into something scarier for investors

What looked like a standard and orderly sell-off – overpriced equity markets reacting to an economic growth shock or the prospect of a US recession – is starting to look leaky.

We love getting caught up in equity markets, but the most important action for the underlying financial system is in bonds.

Bonds are where governments are funded. Bonds are where central banks play. Bonds are where we get risk-free rates used to price all other assets.

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Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies. Connect with Anthony on Twitter. Email Anthony at a.macdonald@afr.com

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