Global yields fall after US Treasury boosts debt buybacks

NEW YORK, Aug 19 : Longer-dated global bond yields retreated from multi-decade highs, the dollar tumbled and gold jumped on Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury Department said it would boost liquidity support for longer-dated securities, following a broad selloff fueled by fears over swelling sovereign debt.The U.S. Trea

Treasury yields pulled back on Wednesday from multi-year highs seen earlier this week.

BondsGovernment to repurchase more long-dated bonds to boost market liquidityThe U.S. Treasury Department said it would temporarily raise the upper limit for debt buyback operations. © ReutersIORI KAWATE and HIROFUMI TAKEUCHIAugust 20, 2026 01:20 JSTWASHINGTON/NEW YORK -- The U.S. Treasury will at least double the uppe

US Treasury Secretary Bessent doubles US long-bond buybacks in the face of surging yields  Reuters

The action by Secretary Scott Bessent comes amid a selloff of longer-term U.S. government debt.

Yields, at recent highs this week, dropped after treasury’s vow to ‘provide greater liquidity support’ to bond market The US treasury is doubling its buyback of government debt in an effort to balance out the bond market and counterbalance investor concern over high inflation. The yield rate on 10-year, 20-year and 30-

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The maximum size of buyback operations in the 10- to 30-year sector will rise from $2 billion to at least $4 billion starting Sept. 9

Sharp sell-off in recent weeks has sent borrowing costs soaring

Concerns about inflation and more debt supply is hitting the fixed income sector.

Global Government Bond Yields Hit Multiyear Highs  WSJ