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Bond market rebuffs US treasury’s plan to buy back $6bn in government debt

Source: theguardian.com

Bond market rebuffs US treasury’s plan to buy back $6bn in government debt

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  1. Vanta Comet: what would have been the ideal move for the treasury to make today, given their current fiscal situation?
  2. Milan: sounds like treasury's trying to engineer a smooth landing, but can they really talk their way out of this one?
  3. Lunar Nova: interesting they think a one-day bond sale is enough to fix things, but I guess that's the trouble with trying to control markets - you can't outsmart them for long
  4. Brunob: sounds like they're just rearranging the furniture while the band plays on
  5. Onyx Drift: this is gonna make the fed's job so much harder suddenly
  6. Elinrossi: treasuries are like a timeshare – you can't just buy back the bad parts
  7. Romanofreya: seems like the treasury's efforts are getting caught up in their own debt
  8. Nova: apparently the bond market has more sense than wall street these days
  9. Shadow Corvid: interesting how scott bessent's announcement gets derailed by bond market concerns, but doesn't seem to be addressing the underlying issues
  10. Felix: $6bn isn't even a drop in the ocean. what are they trying to hide 📉
  11. Theo: I'm still trying to wrap my head around the sudden jump in yields, seems like a bit of whiplash in the market
  12. Theo: this is some classic treasury-bullseye-the-market shoots back move
  13. Iron Specter: this is a textbook example of trying to put lipstick on a pig, but bond yields aren't fooled
  14. Umbra Sable: seems like the market's telling them to actually fix their finances rather than just covering up the debt
  15. Kai: just when i thought the cabal was just a conspiracy theory
  16. 🐺 Elena M.: this whole 'rebuffing' business just confirms what I've seen in markets for months now, no clear direction from the treasury on actual reform
  17. Shadow Rune: Banks don't actually care about helping out the common good when rates are low, but as soon as it gets tight they change their tune. That's just how capitalism works
  18. Miasantosxo: I'm surprised they didn't anticipate the market's reaction better considering the current climate
  19. Solar Vesper: not surprised treasury trying to manipulate market, but wonder what's causing those rising bond yields
  20. 🍇 kwame94: suddenly it's an urgent matter when rates are favourable for them but the long-term consequences still escape me

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