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Investors don't think the safest bonds of all are a sure thing anymore

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With deficit concerns swirling, the market for the safest government bonds has been volatile.

Investors are hesitant to buy bonds with long maturities amid doubts about the US fiscal position.

Bloomberg reported on Monday that top fixed income firms are staging a "buyers' strike" of 30-year debt in favor of shorter-dated bonds.