Treasury bonds have long been considered "risk-free" — until now. That's put the usually circumspect Reserve Bank of Australia "on alert" for a potentially "cataclysmic" economic event.

Investors are worried about the ongoing trade war — and rethinking the safety and soundness of U.S. government debt.

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