{
  "id": 2110487,
  "title": "US debt tops $40 trillion as Treasury doubles bond buybacks to calm markets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/us-debt-tops-40-trillion-as-treasury-doubles-bond-buybacks-to-calm",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T09:18:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/08/20/us-debt-tops-40-trillion-as-treasury-doubles-bond-buybacks-to-calm-markets"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US Treasury moved on Wednesday to calm a bond market rattled by surging borrowing costs, doubling the size of its debt buybacks hours before separate figures confirmed that the national debt had climbed past $40 trillion (€34.4tn) for the first time.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}