# Yield pain, no gain Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/reuters-morning-bid-7596246/yield-pain-no-gain Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/reuters-morning-bid-7596246/yield-pain-no-gain.md Podcast: [Reuters Morning Bid](https://stenobird.com/podcast/reuters-morning-bid-7596246) Published: 2026-05-18T09:48:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THRH3631311070.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THRH3631311070.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reuters-morning-bid-7596246/episodes/yield-pain-no-gain Duration seconds: 565 ## Resource U.S. 30-year Treasury yields reach levels last seen before the 2008 financial crisis, rattling bond markets across the globe. Oil above $110 and sticky inflation add to the pressure as G7 finance chiefs meet in Paris, and markets await Nvidia earnings for the latest read on the AI spending surge. Today’s recommended read: Opaque oil deals around Hormuz test the petrodollar, Ron Bousso Subscribe to Mike Dolan's Morning Bid newsletter, and check out his columns on Reuters Open Interest Read more from Amanda Cooper and Anna Szymanski Produced by Eliza Davis Beard, Ethan Plotkin and Abisoye Adelusi Sound engineering and music by Sebastian and Josh Sommer Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reuters-morning-bid-7596246/episodes/yield-pain-no-gain/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/reuters-morning-bid-7596246/yield-pain-no-gain.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.