‘Work from home’ risks disrupting funding markets


HONG KONG: The impact of the coronavirus outbreak on Wall Street may worsen trading conditions for one of the world’s most liquid and important assets: US Treasuries.

So say strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co, who warn that overwhelmed dealer-banks in an extreme scenario could be flooded with an extra US$300bil worth of US government debt.

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