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"U.S. Treasury expected to buy back $15 billion in Treasuries…largest on record"
Summary
- It was reported that the U.S. Treasury is expected to buy back about $15 billion worth of Treasuries.
- It said this would be a record amount, exceeding last week’s $14.7 billion purchase.
- It reported that the Treasury buyback is interpreted as a measure to manage liquidity and stabilize the Treasury market.
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Market attention is focused on expectations that the U.S. Treasury will carry out a large-scale buyback of its own government bonds. With volatility in the Treasury market recently increasing, the move is seen as a liquidity-management measure.
According to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by overseas financial news channel Barchart on the 17th, the U.S. Treasury is expected to purchase about $15 billion worth of Treasuries that day. This would be the largest amount on record, surpassing last week’s $14.7 billion buyback.
A Treasury buyback is a method by which the government repurchases previously issued bonds from the market, and is used as a tool to manage liquidity and stabilize markets. In particular, with recent interest-rate volatility rising, the action is interpreted as reflecting an aim to ease supply-demand imbalances in the Treasury market.
Minseung Kang
minriver@bloomingbit.ioBlockchain journalist | Writer of Trade Now & Altcoin Now, must-read content for investors.
