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  "title": "Bessent suggests Treasury could intervene again in bond market: ‘We have a big tool kit’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/bessent-suggests-treasury-could-intervene-again-in-bond-market-we",
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  "summary": "U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has made waves this week with his plan to at least double his department’s buybacks of longer-dated Treasury bonds.",
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