{
  "id": 2517345,
  "title": "Bessent Promises a New Fiscal Plan as His Bond Market Intervention Fizzles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/bessent-promises-a-new-fiscal-plan-as-his-bond-market-intervention",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T23:47:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/bessent-promises-fiscal-plan-bond-234751950.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's efforts to stabilize the bond market through his bond market intervention have proven to be short-lived. Just a day after Bessent announced that the Treasury Department would double its planned buybacks of longer-dated U.S. debt, bond investors largely dismissed the surprise move, causing yields to climb once again. Investors remain concerned about a range of issues, including high inflation, rising oil prices due to the conflict in Iran, heavy debt issuance by tech companies aiming to lead the AI revolution, a U.S. budget deficit projected to exceed $2 trillion for 2026, and a national debt that has just surpassed $40 trillion.\n\nBessent attempted to address these concerns by announcing an increase in repurchases on Wednesday, his latest attempt to lower long-term rates and encourage the Treasury to rely more on shorter-term borrowing. This move proved to be only temporary as the yields on 10-year and 30-year Treasury bonds rose again by Thursday. However, Bessent remains optimistic, stating that the Treasury Department's debt buybacks could be even larger than the initial $4 billion plan, and he claims to have a \"big toolkit\" to drive yields lower. Despite this, analysts and investors remain skeptical that the Treasury's intervention will effectively tackle the root cause of the bond market's issues.",
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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."
}