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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a doubling of buyback sizes for 10- to 30-year U.S. Treasury securities to at least $4 billion per operation in an effort to push long bond yields down.

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On Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took a bold step to push long bond yields back down, announcing a doubling of buyback sizes for 10- to 30-year Treasuries to at least $4 billion per operation.