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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Government borrowing costs, US tech crash, civil servants

By Michele Maatouk

Date: Tuesday 18 Aug 2026

(Sharecast News) - Government borrowing costs in several advanced economies hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, or even earlier, on Monday as investors feared the Middle East crisis would keep inflation persistently high. Concerns over rising prices and government spending pushed up the cost of debt issued by...

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