'Bondpocalypse' Tests Growth, $6 Trillion AI Question, Europe Gas Storage Pain

Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day.On today's podcast:(1) The selloff in the US bond market deepened on Monday after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to prolong the war’s energy shock. John Authers: What’s Going to Break in the Bondpocalypse? A negative surprise in upcoming US data might be the only thing to arrest bonds’ slide. (2) The UK government is privately lobbying the Trump administration for an exemption from any potential US diesel export ban.(3) Andy Burnham will set out his pitch for honest political debate as the antidote to populism as he reveals his plans for taking on thorny issues, from Britain’s expensive social care system to its creaking water infrastructure. (4) Rising bond yields will curb economic expansion and limit the transfer of elevated energy costs to inflation, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said.(5) The global AI industry needs to earn $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 to justify the capital being deployed to build data centers around the world, Bain & Co. said.(6) Europe's gas storage sites are at their lowest ever level for this time of year due to the loss of Russian pipeline gas and fears about a tight LNG market.Podcast Conversation: At an Angry Time, the Business of Rage Retreats Is BoomingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.