Michael MacKenzie
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Bessent deploys debt buybacks in sign of concern over yield rise (opens the original)
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made a fresh attempt to rein in long-term borrowing costs from multi-year highs, sending Treasury yields and the dollar down. Just two weeks after releasing its planned schedule for buybacks this quarter, the Treasury Department on Wednesday said it's "increasing, by at least double, the size of liquidity support buyback operations" for securities dated from the 10-year to the 30-year sector. The new plan drove yields on the longest bond lower by nearly 10 bas
Treasuries jolted as Fed hold trims September hike bets (opens the original)
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US Treasury yields shifted dramatically after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady, pushing bond traders to pare back their expectations for a hike in September. The moves on Wednesday pushed yields on two-year US government notes — which are most sensitive to changes in the Fed's policy — lower by two basis points to 4.26%, while the 30-year yield was higher by five basis points at 5.14%. The decision offered a dose of clarity to a deeply divided market that had seen traders betting o
Bond traders watch for treasury auctions, June Fed minutes (opens the original)
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The US bond market faces a test of investor demand for longer-dated maturities, with auctions of 10- and 30-year Treasuries highlighting an otherwise light week for economic events. The sale of benchmark 10-year notes comes Wednesday, followed by 30-year bonds a day later as part of the Treasury's $119 billion week of auctions. It kicks off Tuesday with 3-year notes. Long-dated Treasuries have sold off since the conflict in Iran began, amid concerns that the rise in energy prices would fuel infl
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