Taking Stock: Is everything about to get more expensive?

This week we've heard lots of talk about rising bond yields, from Japan to the UK and the US, and alongside this government debt is growing all around the world.

And that all plays into a feeling that many people have that life is about to get more expensive and that in many places interest rates are set to rise.

This week on Taking Stock, Rahul Tandon is joined by David Kuo, co-founder of The Smart Investorin Singapore and German business journalist Ellen Frauenknecht

Presenter: Rahul Tandon

Producer: Matt Lines

(Image: Passersby stand before a stock market indicator board in Tokyo, Japan, 02 September 2026. Tokyo stocks plunged as Japanese government bond yields rose to its highest level in 30 years and escalating attacks between the United States and Iran. By Franck Robichon, EPA/Shutterstock)