Bankless · Friday, September 11, 2026
The U.S. Treasury has tripled its weekly buybacks of long-dated debt to $6 billion in an effort to decrease Treasury yields, which are currently at their highest levels since 2007 for the 30-year yield. Despite these interventions, yields continue to increase. Analysts suggest this is due to the Treasury's actions resembling quantitative easing, potentially fueling inflation concerns among bondholders and leading them to sell.
“Now he has tripled the long-dated bond buybacks to $6 billion, yet yields are still increasing anyway.”
“So just this week, we are up 3x. Here's a tweet. The U.S. Treasury announced it is buying back $6 billion in long-term debt, tripling levels seen before the recent intervention announcement.”
“Besant is doing the opposite. He is doing QE. He is injecting money. He is injecting liquidity, which is going to induce more inflation. And so it's causing bond holders to sell because they are not confident that inflation is going to be under control.”