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August 20, 2026 - Treasury Bought Bonds. Yields Surged Anyway
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Treasury expanded its long-term bond buybacks—but instead of calming the market, yields surged. The bond market may be sending Washington a warning that liquidity operations cannot solve a rapidly deteriorating fiscal equation.
In this episode of Market Pulse, Elena and Marcus explain why Treasury buybacks are not quantitative easing, how relentless government borrowing is overwhelming traditional sources of demand, and why investors are demanding greater compensation to hold longer-dated U.S. debt.
They also examine what the renewed rates selloff means for equities, mortgage rates, corporate credit, bank balance sheets, and the broader economy. As price-insensitive buyers retreat and the term premium rises, even aggressive market-support measures may be losing their power.
When the world’s most important bond market stops responding to official intervention, every asset class needs to pay attention.
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