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What’s the TPI? How ECB Can Respond to French Bond Turmoil

Bloomberg8 October 2026, 13:24 UTCFrance

A sudden selloff of French bonds has stirred memories of the sovereign debt crisis that cascaded across Europe between 2009 and 2015. Attention is now turning to how the European Central Bank might respond.

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