# French borrowing costs hit 24-year high as civil unrest and budget fears spook markets

- Source: Guardian Business
- Published: 2026-10-21T13:17:32+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/21/french-borrowing-costs-failure-to-pass-budget-govenment-bonds-violent-street-protests
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/french-borrowing-costs-hit-24-year-high-as-civil-unrest-and-budget-fea-cf995a/

Yield on 10-year government bonds passes 5% amid failure to pass budget and fallout from violent street protests France’s borrowing costs have climbed above 5% for the first time in 24 years as political concerns and the government’s failure to agree a much-delayed budget spook the financial markets. With some civic buildings still smouldering from recent riots, a fresh bout of selling pushed up t

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