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Scott Bessent on

Treasury issuance

6 entries, 26 Aug 2026 to 28 Aug 2026 · 4 undated

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    1. reported

      Bessent warns that issuing more short-term bonds to avoid long-term market pressure creates risks for money market liquidity.

      “While this buys time for that segment of the market, it requires the government to issue more shorter-term bonds, risking unintended consequences for the functioning of liquidity markets,”

      26 Aug 2026 · Business Insider · Samuel O'Brient · source
    2. posted

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      28 Aug 2026 · X · source
    1. spoken

      Bessent announces Treasury is doubling the size of liquidity support buybacks for 10-to-30-year nominal securities.

      “increasing, by at least double, the size of liquidity support buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities (the 10-year to 20-year sector and the 20-year to 30-year sector).”

      · Treasury press and remarks · 0:04 · source · permalink
    2. spoken

      Bessent explains the buyback increase responds to consistent strong demand from market participants in longer-dated nominal sectors.

      “This increase in buyback operation sizes reflects Treasury’s desire to provide greater liquidity support in longer-dated nominal sectors where there is consistent strong sponsorship from market participants, as evidenced by the significant volume of high-quality offers Treasury routinely receives in longer-dated buyback operations.”

      · Treasury press and remarks · 0:44 · source · permalink
    3. spoken

      Bessent announces Treasury is doubling buyback operations from $2 billion to at least $4 billion starting September 9, 2026.

      “This change is effective September 9, 2026 and will be in effect for the remainder of this refunding quarter (through November 4, 2026).”

      · Treasury press and remarks · 0:24 · source · permalink
    4. spoken

      Bessent announces Treasury will double buyback operation sizes from $2 billion to at least $4 billion starting September 9, 2026.

      “The current maximum size of $2 billion per operation will be at least $4 billion per operation.”

      · Treasury press and remarks · 0:17 · source · permalink

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