{
  "id": 2113337,
  "title": "FX Daily: Introducing the Bessent Put in Treasuries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/fx-daily-introducing-the-bessent-put-in-treasuries",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:00:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/fx-daily-introducing-the-bessent-put-in-treasuries/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Investors have welcomed the US Treasury's more interventionist stance, despite the vast national debt of $40 trillion. The unexpected $2 billion buy-back operations signal the Treasury's displeasure with recent long-term bond market sell-offs. This move has lifted equities and weakened the dollar, particularly against currencies like the Norwegian krone, New Zealand dollar, and Swedish krona. The Bessent Put, a potential safeguard for risk assets this summer, has made carry trade strategies attractive. The minutes from the July FOMC meeting were not hawkish, resulting in a 5 basis point drop in short-dated US yields. With light data available today, the US Dollar Index (DXY) may drift lower towards 98.65, potentially reaching a 98.00 level if risk assets continue to perform well. For the euro, the US Treasury news has boosted EUR/USD, potentially ushering in a more stable investment environment. Meanwhile, Sweden's Riksbank is expected to maintain its 1.75% policy rate, suggesting no immediate changes are on the horizon.",
  "summary": "USD: Investors greet a more interventionist Treasury While increasing liquidity buy-back operations by $2bn might seem like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic given the US national debt of $40tr, yesterday’s intervention by the US Treasury has been warmly greeted by investors around the world. As ING’s Padhraic Garvey writes, this unscheduled announcement tells us the ...",
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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."
}