The David Lin Report · Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Jeff Christian interprets the Treasury's decision to double its bond buyback program from $2 billion to $4 billion per operation as a significant indicator of the US economy's troubled state. He suggests this move reflects deep concern about economic weakness leading up to the midterm elections, implying that the Treasury acknowledges a downturn.
“The second thing that you talked about, which was the Treasury doubling its bond buyback.”
“That's a, that's a gigantic indication that even the Trump administration, uh, and, uh, uh, has realized the extent to which the economy is in trouble.”
“You're pumping twice as much money into the economy.”
“You're obviously very much concerned about economic weakness over the next few months going into the midterm elections.”