US Treasury Plans to Double Buybacks Amid Rising Bond Yields

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US Treasury Plans to Double Buybacks Amid Rising Bond Yields
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  1. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday indicated that his department could make additional moves in the wake of its announcement that it would at least double the size of its buybacks of longer-dated Treasury bonds.

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    CNBC

    The Treasury Department, led by Scott Bessent, said Wednesday it would double the size of its debt repurchases, mainly at the long-end of the yield curve.

    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.

    Financial Times

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

    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.

    Bloomberg

    Bessent Says Buybacks May Be More Than $4 Billion Per Issue US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said increased buybacks of Treasury securities announced this week could be more than $4 billion per issue.

  2. US 30-Year Bonds Erase Gains From Bessent’s Buyback Plan US bonds unwound all of the gains that followed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s plan to increase buybacks of longer-dated debt. The moves pushed the 30-year yield on Thursday back to levels seen just before the Treasury’s announcement a day prior. Ira Jersey of Bloomberg Intelligence has more. (Source: Bloomberg)

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    Financial Times

    US long-term bonds slide as Bessent intervention fails to soothe investors Yield on 30-year Treasuries rises despite move to ‘at least double’ purchases of securities

  3. The yield on the key 10-year Treasury note touched its highest point more than a year Tuesday, topping 4.7%, before falling back Wednesday. Mortgage rates have followed the 10-year higher, lifting borrowing costs for potential buyers. The yield on 30-year bonds reached the highest level since 2007.

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    CNBC

    Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasurys — the main benchmark for mortgages, auto loans and credit card debt — moved 1 basis point higher to 4.6723%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note, which more closely follows short-term Federal Reserve rate decisions, was last seen holding steady at 4.1727%.

    Epoch Times Business

    On Aug. 17, the 30-year Treasury yield topped 5.31 percent, the highest since June 2007.

  4. 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.

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    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.

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  1. 01 MarketWatch

    Market Extra U.S. bond yields are already surging again a day after Bessent’s debt-buyback plan

  2. 02 CNBC

    Bond yields edged higher on Thursday morning after pulling back sharply during the previous session following the Treasury Department's move to dramatically ramp up government debt repurchases in a bid to shore up longer-dated debt.

  3. 03 Fortune

    Many Federal Reserve officials think the central bank will have to lift its key short-term interest rate in the coming months if inflation doesn’t subside, minutes of the Fed’s meeting last month showed.

  4. 04 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.

  5. 05 Epoch Times Business

    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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Original Articles (13)

Center U.S. bond yields are already surging again a day after Bessent’s debt-buyback plan — MarketWatch
Center Bessent suggests Treasury could intervene again in bond market: ‘We have a big tool kit’ — MarketWatch
Center Treasury’s bond buyback blitz may end up driving yields higher, warns JPMorgan. Here’s their investment advice. — MarketWatch
Center Pressure on bonds abates as Treasury announces buybacks. What may come next. — MarketWatch
Center Bessent Says Buybacks May Be More Than $4 Billion Per Issue — Bloomberg
Center US 30-Year Bonds Erase Gains From Bessent’s Buyback Plan — Bloomberg
Center US 30-Year Bonds Erase Gains From Treasury’s Buyback Surprise — Bloomberg
Center Bond yields edge higher as traders digest Treasury debt buyback plan — CNBC
Lean Left Treasury rushes into bond market as Fed minutes show many governors want to hike rates, not cut — Fortune
Left 'Bessent Is a Political Actor': Treasury Move on Bond Market Seen as Midterm Damage Control — Common Dreams
Lean Right Long-Term US Bond Yields Fall After Treasury Bolsters Debt Buybacks — Epoch Times Business
Center US long-term bonds slide as Bessent intervention fails to soothe investors — Financial Times
Center US Treasury to double buybacks of long-term government debt — Financial Times