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Fed Funds Futures Price 73% Hike Odds Despite Mixed Market Shows
Stock futures and Treasuries rallied on cooler inflation data, but CME FedWatch pricing shows persistent expectations for Fed tightening next week
Treasury Triples Buyback Cap to $6 Billion, Targets Long End Through November
U.S. Treasury launches expanded debt repurchase program targeting 10-year-plus securities, signaling active management of long-end supply and duration risk.
Bessent Deploys Operation Twist as 30-Year Yields Hit 2007 Highs
Treasury expands buyback program targeting the 10-to-30-year curve after long-bond selloff compresses duration demand.
10-Year Yields at 4.7% Show Potential S&P 500 Correction, MRB Partners Warns
Treasury Secretary Bessent's bond buyback announcement risks backfiring by signaling panic rather than addressing underlying inflation drivers, according to Phillip Colmar of MRB Partners.
Bessent Pushes G20 to Tackle China's $1.2T Trade Surplus
Treasury Secretary calls for coordinated trade barriers against Beijing while maintaining the $30 billion bilateral tariff-reduction track ahead of the Trump-Xi summit.
Bessent's Market Moves Roil Bonds Ahead of Jackson Hole
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's interventions have steepened the yield curve and sharpened focus on Federal Reserve Vice Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks.
Bessent's Bond Buyback Doubles, Cuts 30-Year Yield 8 Basis Points
Treasury expands debt repurchases, 30-year yield falls to 5.18 percent, and swap markets confirm the intervention is gaining traction
Bessent Targets Iran Oil Sales With 60-Plus Sanctions; Major Bank Threatened
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced sanctions on 60 individuals, vessels and entities Monday, with a major financial institution facing designation this week.
Treasury's Long-Bond Buyback Is Reallocation, Not Stimulus
The quarterly budget stayed at $38 billion while per-operation ceilings doubled, exposing the gap between what buybacks can accomplish and what markets assumed.
Bitcoin Surges to $79,500 as ETF Inflows, Short Squeeze Fuel Rally
BTC hit a three-month high of $79,500 on Aug. 21 before retreating to $77,230, with spot ETF inflows of $517 million in a single day and forced short closures driving a 24 percent two-day move.
Treasury Doubles Bond Buybacks as Long-End Yields Hit Near-20-Year Highs
Scott Bessent raised the maximum buyback operation size from $2 billion to $4 billion, targeting 10- to 30-year debt after a buyers' strike dating to late June.
Treasury Buyback Plan Fails to Stabilize Yields; Bessent's Credibility at Risk
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's announcement to double bond buybacks initially drove yields lower, but the market quickly reversed, raising questions about the intervention's credibility and effectiveness.
XRP Surges 67% as Treasury Buybacks Start Liquidation Cascade
XRP broke above $1.60 on Aug. 21, posting its strongest week in 21 months as $1.4 billion in shorts got wiped in a liquidity-driven rally.
Treasury Doubles Long-Bond Buybacks to $4B, Targets Yield Compression
Treasury expands liquidity operations in 10-30 year sector to $4 billion per operation, effective Sept. 9, as long-end yields reach multi-year highs
Treasury Basis Trade Stalls at $1 Trillion as Hedge Funds Hit Capacity
Morgan Stanley estimates leveraged basis positions have shrunk more than $200 billion, with a Goldman desk chief saying clients call the trade 'dead.'
30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.23%, a 19-Year High, as Fiscal Fears Deepen
Global bond and currency investors are debating a 'Sell America' trade after recent Washington policy decisions drove long-dated U.S. yields to levels last seen in 2006.
BitMine Adds 42,197 ETH, Bringing Holdings to 4.8 Percent of Circulating Supply
The NYSE-listed Ethereum treasury company spent $73 million on ETH over the past week, lifting total reserves to 5.74 million ETH.
Treasury Hits Indian Billionaire's Firm With $275 Million Iran Sanctions Fine
The settlement targets a vast Indian conglomerate, marking a forceful U.S. stance against illicit financial flows that supported Tehran's petroleum sector
Trump's "Under Budget" Claim Challenges Fiscal Narrative
President Trump's assertion of fiscal prudence on a White House project, despite an ongoing lawsuit, injects fresh debate into the market's assessment of future government spending and its implications for Treasury yields.