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I cover the Fed as best I can for Marketwatch. Grateful for story ideas and fresh perspectives. grobb@Marketwatch.com
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Bessent tapping Treasury's rainy-day fund for buybacks isn't a bazooka to get markets to move his way

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By Greg Robb Verified
| MSN Verified
Reports that the Treasury Department could use its general account to buy back more of its longer-term government notes and bonds may be temporarily calming markets But it's not as extreme of an intervention as Mario Draghi's “whatever it takes” pledge to preserve the euro or Ben Bernanke's bazooka program in response to the collapse of Lehman Brothers, experts say.
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Bessent tapping Treasury’s rainy-day fund for buybacks isn’t a ‘bazooka’ to get markets to move his way

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By Greg Robb Verified, Joy Wiltermuth Verified
| MarketWatch Verified
Reports that the Treasury Department could use its general account to buy back more of its longer-term government notes and bonds may be temporarily calming markets. But it’s not as extreme of an intervention as Mario Draghi’s “whatever it takes” pledge to preserve the euro or Ben Bernanke’s bazooka program in response to the collapse of Lehman Brothers, experts say.
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Bessent tapping Treasury's rainy-day fund for buybacks isn't a 'bazooka' to get markets to move his way

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By Greg Robb Verified, Joy Wiltermuth Verified
| Morningstar
By Greg Robb and Joy Wiltermuth No material impact on long-dated yields from this, analyst says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been trying to calm markets by buying back bonds. Reports that the Treasury Department could use its general account to buy back more of its longer-term government notes and bonds may be temporarily calming markets.
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