What Comes Next? Treasury Buybacks Against a $40 Trillion Balance Sheet

Yesterday we looked at the Treasury's move to buy back more of its long-term debt, set against a national debt that has just crossed $40 trillion. The calm it bought was brief. Long-term interest rates fell the moment the plan landed, then climbed back within a day to roughly where they began. The market's verdict was quick: a helpful gesture, not a fix. That leaves the obvious question — what does the Treasury try next? One thing to watch above all: the November funding decision, and specifically whether the Treasury starts selling fewer long-term bonds. That would be the first real sign that improvisation is becoming strategy.

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