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French government bond yields pass 5% for first time since 2002

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly center (67%).

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Bloomberg, CNBC and the Financial Times report renewed stress in French government bonds. Bloomberg says the yield on benchmark French debt hit 5% for the first time since 2002, as rising energy prices added to concern about the country’s fiscal outlook, and that the premium investors demand over German bunds neared 160 basis points, a 15-year high. CNBC reports the spread reached more than 170 basis points on Thursday, the first time since the early 2010s euro zone debt crisis, and says investors are asking whether France’s debt problems could spread across the euro zone. The Financial Times asks how nervous bond markets are about France.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. The yield on benchmark French government debt rose above 5% for the first time since 2002, Bloomberg reports.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Bloomberg
    Center
    CNBC

  2. Bloomberg reports rising energy prices added to concern about France’s fiscal outlook.

    One outletBloomberg· Left

  3. Bloomberg reports the French-German 10-year spread neared 160 basis points, a 15-year high.

    One outletBloomberg· Left

  4. CNBC reports the French-German 10-year spread reached more than 170 basis points on Thursday, the first time since the early 2010s euro zone debt crisis.

    One outletCNBC· Center

  5. CNBC reports investors are asking whether France’s debt problems could spread across the euro zone.

    One outletCNBC· Center

How each side tells it

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Bloomberg, CNBC and the Financial Times report renewed stress in French bond markets. Bloomberg’s coverage stresses the market moves, while the center outlets ask how far the stress could spread across the euro zone.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    All left-side coverage here is Bloomberg’s own reporting, and its headlines lead with a 15-year high in bond risk and deepening stress.

    French Bond Risk Hits 15-Year High as Risk Gauge Climbs
    BloombergLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Center headlines frame the story as a question of nervousness or contagion: the FT asks how nervous bond markets are, while CNBC asks whether France is flashing euro crisis signals.

    France is flashing euro crisis signals. This time, the fault lines are different
    CNBCCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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  • Left0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Center1

    raising questions

  • Right

    Has not covered this story.

In the outlets’ own words

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    raising questionsMore neutral: state the question and who is asking

    The writer is raising the question while pretending someone else did.

    French borrowing costs have surged as debt and political risks mount, raising questions over whether the stress could spread across the euro zone.

    Used byCNBC (Center)

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From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • 15-year high in bond risk
  • deepening stress across markets
  • rising energy prices and fiscal outlook

Leaves out

  • euro zone contagion concern raised by CNBC

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • whether the stress spreads across the euro zone
  • how the current situation differs from the 2010s crisis
  • markets sending alarm signals
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From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    Bloomberg, Oct 21, 5:18 AM EDT

  • Center

    1 day 19 hr later

    Its first report, Oct 23, 1:00 AM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. BloombergLeftOct 21, 5:18 AM EDT
  2. Financial TimesCenterOct 23, 1:00 AM EDT
  3. CNBCCenterOct 23, 5:03 AM EDT

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