US Treasury Announces Increased Bond Buybacks Amid Rising Interest Rates

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US Treasury Announces Increased Bond Buybacks Amid Rising Interest Rates
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  1. While the announcement did result in interest rates for US treasuries dropping, economists and other political observers are warning that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's scheme to stop spiking yields will prove ineffective over the long term.

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    CNBC

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is in the midst of a historic effort to tamp down long-term Treasury yields. He may also be complicating the work of his counterpart at the Federal Reserve, Chairman Kevin Warsh.

  2. The Treasury Department on Wednesday said it would increase its buybacks of long-term Treasury debt, raising the maximum it will buy from $2 billion to at least $4 billion. The intervention had the effect of stemming a sell-off in the Treasury market that has pushed up yields to uncomfortable levels in recent days. The selloff had dominated global headlines as investors worried that rising Treasury yields would worsen an affordability crisis for consumers, complicate businesses' borrowing plans, threaten stock-market gains and make it more expensive for the government to finance its burgeoning debt.

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    Financial Times

    US Treasury to double buybacks of long-term government debt Sharp sell-off in recent weeks has sent borrowing costs soaring

    MarketWatch

    The effect of a debt buyback can be to push prices higher and yields lower The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it will more than double the size of government-debt buybacks, sending yields sharply lower and stocks higher at the market open.

    Epoch Times Business

    From Sept. 9, the Treasury will double the size of its government debt repurchases to $4 billion, focusing its buyback operations on 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year bonds.

    Common Dreams

    The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled a plan to ease upward pressure on the cost of US debt by doubling its bond buybacks through November.

  3. Yields on long-term U.S. bonds fell midweek after the Treasury Department said it would expand long-end debt buybacks amid climbing rates.

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    CNBC

    The buybacks follow two other recent steps that have also effectively stemmed the rise in long-term Treasury yields.

    BBC Business

    Published Long-term borrowing costs in the US eased on Wednesday after the Treasury department announced it would buy back more debt.

  4. The recent surge in bond yields has been driven by rising oil prices caused by the US-Iran war, with investors concerned over inflation.

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    Common Dreams

    Experts say that bond yields have been spiking to highs not seen since the start of the Great Recession due to investor anxiety over a number of factors, including inflation, the size of the US government's debt, and Trump's illegal war with Iran.

    Epoch Times Business

    A broad array of factors has pushed up yields, including persistent war-driven inflation fears, fiscal worries, potential monetary policy tightening, and competition from artificial intelligence-related corporate bonds.

  5. In announcing that it will buy back "at least" $4 billion worth of bonds over a two-month period, the US Department of Treasury said it was seeking "to provide greater liquidity support in longer-dated nominal sectors where there is consistent strong sponsorship from market participants."

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    The Treasury Department said its intervention reflected its "desire to provide greater liquidity support" for longer-term bonds.

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  1. 01 Bloomberg

    Can the US Successfully Battle Rising Borrowing Costs? Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is doubling down on long-term bond buybacks to head off surging yields. Financial analysts weigh in on whether the strategy can really tame borrowing rates for the long-term. (Source: Bloomberg)

  2. 02 CNBC

    While the buybacks aren't large compared to the total amount of debt outstanding, many in the markets interpreted the Treasury's new repurchase plan as a potent symbol of a long-standing effort by Bessent to bring down the yield on the 10-year Treasury and other maturities.

  3. 03 BBC Business

    The move came after the interest rate on 30-year bonds, which are a type of debt used to raise funds from investors, hit 5.34% on Tuesday - the highest level in almost 20 years.

  4. 04 Epoch Times Business

    A Treasury buyback is when the federal government purchases its own bonds before they mature, retiring older securities and replacing them with new issuance.

  5. 05 Common Dreams

    5 #000000 #FFFFFF "Trump is going to pump billions of dollars into the bond market to push down interest rates through the election, then let everything fall apart again," said one critic.

  6. 06 MarketWatch

    Bonds have been under pressure, with yields surging. Yields fell following the announcement.

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Original Articles (10)

Center Can the US Successfully Battle Rising Borrowing Costs? — Bloomberg
Center JPMorgan Team Sees Credibility Risk in Treasury’s Bond Buybacks — Bloomberg
Center Gold Holds Near $4,500 as US Treasury Buyback Sends Yields Lower — Bloomberg
Center Bessent moves to curb Treasury yields, putting new pressure on Warsh's Fed — CNBC
Center Cramer on Treasury buying: People want to preserve the stock rally ‘in the worst way’ — CNBC
Center US long-term borrowing costs ease after government steps in — BBC Business
Center US Treasury to double buybacks of long-term government debt — Financial Times
Lean Right Long-Term US Bond Yields Fall After Treasury Bolsters Debt Buybacks — Epoch Times Business
Left 'Bessent Is a Political Actor': Treasury Move on Bond Market Seen as Midterm Damage Control — Common Dreams
Center Pressure on bonds abates as Treasury announces buybacks. What may come next. — MarketWatch