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Bessent acts to break bond market fever, head off rising borrowing costs - The Washington Post

Bessent acts to break bond market fever, head off rising borrowing costs - The Washington Post

After long-term Treasury yields on Tuesday rose to their highest point since 2007, the treasury secretary doubled a buyback of government debt.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acted Wednesday to head off a potentially destabilizing rise in government borrowing costs, doubling to $4 billion the size of a planned buyback of public debt. The … [+171 chars]

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