Treasury Buyback May Exceed $4B Per Issue as Long-Dated Liquidity Slumps
TL;DR
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the accelerated debt buyback announced this week could be larger than the $4 billion per-issue cap, as the Treasury aims to ’make a market’ for longer-dated securities amid weak liquidity and yield levels not fully reflecting fundamentals; the final size will depend on market conditions.
- Bessent says Treasury buyback operation could be more than $4 billion CNBC
- Treasury yields rebound, wiping out the decline following Bessent's intervention CNBC
- Fed and Treasury appear at odds when it comes to the markets Axios
- Stock Market Today: Bond Yields Jump, Wiping Out Part of the Effect of Bessent Intervention WSJ
- Did Bessent Put the Fed in a Bind? The New York Times
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