Talk:UK sells £4 billion of government debt at highest yield since 2007

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Thank you. See edit summary for some changes I made. --JJLiu112 (talk) 20:50, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

It should be apparent to any reader "lucrative" is for the buyer; "increase its main interest rate to up to 6%" is different from without the first "to" because the former means "up to 6%" is the end interest rate (which is how I understand Reuters' "raise rates as high as 6%") whereas the latter means "by up to 6%" to some other interest rate; and I don't see the difference between "five-year gilts worth £2.5 billion" and "£2.5 billion worth of five-year gilts". Otherwise I understand — though I'm unsure if we should edit this far beyond the 24-hour-post-publish window for substantive changes — and you're welcome. Heavy Water (talk) 21:07, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

• I still feel highest is better purely in terms of the yield number being a higher number: 5.668 > 4.874, etc. Also, 'lucrative is for the buyer', but this starts from the POV of the DMO, which would obviously prefer yields to be as low as possible.
• Ah, gotcha.
• First sentence implies each gilt is worth £2.5b, latter clarifies there was £2.5b, of five-year gilts.

These aren't substantive changes: no new sources, no new quotes, really nothing new is added except clarifying addenda, which in my experience I've noticed Reuters often does. JJLiu112 (talk) 21:21, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Also, isn't the recession's start date common-ish knowledge? For someone interested in reading about security movements...anyways. I've also removed the category. JJLiu112 (talk) 21:24, 11 July 2023 (UTC)