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Treasury's Bond-Market Intervention Struggles

Updated 2026-08-23 12:10 UTC 1 source Negative

The U.S. Treasury’s efforts to intervene in the bond market are not proving effective, raising concerns about how the administration will address $40 trillion in national debt.

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You can’t just sweep $40 trillion in U.S. national debt under a rug and forget about it — or so the bond market appears to be telling Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
2026-08-23 12:00 UTC
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