Welcome to Markets Desk, here's what's moving the needle this hour.
Trump escalated trade pressure on Canada today, threatening to ban Bombardier from selling aircraft in the United States unless the manufacturer builds jets on American soil. That puts the US Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration in a difficult position, as both are current Bombardier customers, and it adds another flashpoint to an already strained US-Canada relationship.
Shifting to sovereign debt, the Financial Times is out with a striking figure — the world is now carrying a two trillion dollar annual interest bill, and many governments, including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, are now spending more on debt servicing than on national defence. That structural pressure limits fiscal flexibility precisely when geopolitical demands are rising.
And in credit markets, bankers advising Anthropic and OpenAI are pushing to secure investment-grade ratings ahead of potential public offerings. An investment-grade designation would meaningfully reduce borrowing costs for these capital-intensive businesses and for the data center infrastructure partners they rely on, making it a strategically significant move well beyond a simple ratings exercise.
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