Escalation: Treasury Doubles Long-Dated Bond Buyback Cap
The change targets the 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year buckets of older, less liquid Treasury coupons. It arrived outside the usual refunding cadence, days after the quarterly plan and ahead of a 20-year bond auction.
Long-end yields fell on the headline. The 10-year slipped to about 4.65% after testing 4.71% to 4.75% earlier, and the 30-year dropped to roughly 5.20% after touching around 5.31% to 5.35% near 20-year highs. The dollar weakened against the euro as rates eased.
These operations repurchase outstanding long-dated issues using cash or proceeds from new auctions. They improve liquidity and change the maturity mix rather than reduce the overall debt stock. The larger long-end operations are scheduled from September 9 to November 4.
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