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News · Equities · MarketWatch · Wed, Sep 23, 2026 7:00 PM

The ingredients for a financial reckoning are all in place

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A witch’s brew of rising debt levels, higher costs of capital and contagion risks is bubbling.

OpenBook market desk: A witch’s brew of rising debt levels, higher costs of capital and contagion risks is bubbling.

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