There are three obvious points to make.
First, the City is desperate to buy savings bonds.
Second, no one believes that the government is facing an impending financial crisis, whatever Labour says.
Third, there is, in that case, no excuse for austerity.
Time to sell that £700 billion worth held by the Bank of England then, obviously. Hmm, what? Doing that will lower the price, increase interest rates you say? Therefore the City’s not that desperate, is it?
I certainly do.