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Bessent tapping Treasury’s rainy-day fund for buybacks isn’t a ‘bazooka’ to get markets to move his way

Market Watch August 24, 2026 · 4:52 pm Read Original
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Bessent tapping Treasury’s rainy-day fund for buybacks isn’t a ‘bazooka’ to get markets to move his way

Bessent’s move “does not change anything. It just reduces the cash that Treasury has on deposit,” one analyst says.

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Source Market Watch
Published Aug 24, 2026 · 4:52 pm
Article ID g1l77z5
Original URL Open source
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