Bank of England moves to calm bond market rout after tax cut storm

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There is an old (German) joke going like this:

In heaven, engineers are German, lovers are Italian, contractors are French and the Swiss organize everything.

In hell, engineers are French, lovers are Swiss, contractors are German and the Italian organize everything.

I don't know, if I got it 100% correct, but you should get the gist.

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    Italians are generally not doing so "well" when inventing shit. So yes.

    E.g. they "invented" a tank that drives faster backwards than forward.