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  "title": "Bessent’s $4 billion bond plan is like ‘rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic given the U.S. national debt of $40 trillion,’ ING says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/bessents-4-billion-bond-plan-is-like-rearranging-deckchairs-on-the",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:47:12.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/20/scott-bessent-us-treasury-4-billion-bond-buyback-plan-rearranging-deckchairs-on-the-titanic-ing/"
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