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Bessent Doubles Long-Term Treasury Buybacks to $4B Each

8/26/2026

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Bessent Expands Buybacks

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doubled long-dated Treasury buybacks, raising each operation to at least $4 billion.
Stanley Druckenmiller wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the move was price management, not liquidity support.
He warned each basis-point of artificial yield suppression subsidizes procrastination and hides the fiscal trajectory.
The buyback briefly lowered long-term yields, but rates rose above pre-announcement levels by the next afternoon.

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Druckenmiller Uses AI

Stanley Druckenmiller publicly admitted using artificial intelligence to write his Wall Street Journal op-ed.
Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot defended the AI-assisted piece, calling AI a fact of modern life.
Detection tool Pangram identified the op-ed as 100 % AI-generated, prompting online criticism.
University of Alabama ethics professor Chris Roberts warned AI use may diminish human thought and cause blowback.

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Bessent Expands Buybacks

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doubled long-dated Treasury buybacks, raising each operation to at least $4 billion.
Stanley Druckenmiller wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the move was price management, not liquidity support.
He warned each basis-point of artificial yield suppression subsidizes procrastination and hides the fiscal trajectory.
The buyback briefly lowered long-term yields, but rates rose above pre-announcement levels by the next afternoon.

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