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  "id": 2166494,
  "title": "Bessent says Treasury buyback operation could be more than $4 billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/bessent-says-treasury-buyback-operation-could-be-more-than-4-billion-2166494",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T15:35:33.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/bessent-says-treasury-buyback-operation-could-be-more-than-4-billion.html"
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  "summary": "Bessent said his department is going \"make a market\" in the longer-dated securities where yields have been surging lately.",
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        "outlet": "Financial Post",
        "title": "Bessent becomes most interventionist U.S. Treasury chief in decades",
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        "published": "2026-08-20T12:21:48.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Bessent says Treasury buyback operation could be more than $4 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/bessent-says-treasury-buyback-operation-could-be-more-than-4-billion",
        "published": "2026-08-20T15:19:58.000Z"
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