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Bessent Deploys Debt Buybacks in Sign of Concern Over Yield Rise
Bloomberg Television· 2026-08-19 19:36
Typically, Treasury's mantra is we want to be regular and predictable. So, if we're going to do liquidity buybacks, which they talked about for, you know, several quarters before they actually enacted them, um they they've always announced it at the quarterly refunding announcements. And yeah, they make little tweaks here and there of buying a little bit more 5-year versus 2-year, right.That kind of thing. Um but but, you know, announcing something like this in the middle of August is not something that I'v ...
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Michaël van de Poppe· 2026-08-19 15:45
This is a great announcement and is a great trigger for the markets.#Bitcoin in a bull market, the likelihood of this has increased.None (@None):BREAKING: The US Treasury announces it will double the size long-term US government debt buybacks following the rapid surge in US Treasury yields.Repurchases of $2 billion will now be increased to "at least" $4 billion, the US Treasury said.The move is intended to provide ...
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Joe Consorti ⚡️· 2026-08-19 13:35
Bitcoin is surging hard on the news that the Treasury is going to buy back $4B of debt in an emergency liquidity operation.Welcome back, money printing 🫡 https://t.co/eH2LHGCPhdNone (@None):BREAKING: The US Treasury announces it will double the size long-term US government debt buybacks following the rapid surge in US Treasury yields.Repurchases of $2 billion will now be increased to "at least" $4 billion, the US Treasury said.The move is intended to provide ...