US Treasury Double Bond Buybacks to $4B as Scott Bessent Shakes Global Markets

Gold bars and financial charts illustrating the impact of US Treasury bond buybacks on market yields and the 3.7 percent gold price rally.

Scott Bessent’s U.S. Treasury sent shockwaves through global financial centers Wednesday by doubling the scale of US Treasury bond buybacks to combat a deepening rout in sovereign debt. This surprise intervention increases liquidity-support operations from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per session for 10- to 30-year securities. The policy shift triggered an immediate … Read more